Weather Records on 25 May 1929

122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1929. Highest significance: Tizi Ouzou, DZ.

Key Facts for 25 May 1929

On 25 May 1929, 122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 122 daily.
Tizi Ouzou set a daily record precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 25 May 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

122 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

122 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 61.

Records on 25 May 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1929

Top 20 records on 25 May 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1929	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Dargo, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Buchan, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	90 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Bonang, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1929	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1929	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1929	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1929	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1929	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1929	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	28 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

1793 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1929. 1929 had 122 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 25 May 1929
Margin	Records
0 to 10	65
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2