Weather Records on 25 May 1935

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1935. Highest significance: Coen Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1935

On 25 May 1935, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 293 daily.
Coen Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 25 May 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 25 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falakata Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 25 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1935

Top 20 records on 25 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1935	Coen Post Office, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Mt Garnet Post Office, AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Irvinebank, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Mokakchung, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Atherton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Chhaygaon, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Flat Top Island, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1935	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1935	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1935	Palmerville, AU	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1935	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1935	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	31 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 301 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	191
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1