Weather Records on 25 February 1929

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1929. Highest significance: Algona, US.

Key Facts for 25 February 1929

On 25 February 1929, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 279 daily.
Algona set a daily record snowfall of 29.2 cm (11.5 in) on 25 February 1929.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 527 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 25 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 25 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 25 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1929

Top 20 records on 25 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1929	Algona, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1929	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1929	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1929	Seymour 1 WSW, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1929	David City 4E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low max	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Ashwood, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Lenox, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Minneapolis, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1929	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 284 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	212
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	4