Weather Records on 25 May 1937

176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1937. Highest significance: Darauli, IN.

Key Facts for 25 May 1937

On 25 May 1937, 176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 170 daily.
Darauli set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 25 May 1937.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

176 stations

176 station records on 25 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bansdih	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakribarwan	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hilsa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

176 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 25 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1937

Top 20 records on 25 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1937	Darauli, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Yuma, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Bansdih, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Aiea Fld 764A, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Chakaibanda, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Canton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Atchison, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Arwal, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1937	Banka, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Purnea, IN	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Humboldt 3 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Tulia 6 NE, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Holyoke, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Sonamukhi, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1937	Grant City, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	43 years	24 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1937. 1937 had 176 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	109
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1