Weather Records on 25 August 1937

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1937. Highest significance: Mount Wedge, AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1937

On 25 August 1937, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 326 daily.
Mount Wedge set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 25 August 1937.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

333 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bijawar	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barwasagar	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bramfield Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 116.

Records on 25 August 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 326.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1937

Top 20 records on 25 August 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1937	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Roanoke, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Monticello, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Austin Montopolis Brg, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Romney 1 SW, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Oberlin, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Prattville, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Bijawar, IN	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Barwasagar, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Aurangabad, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Dumka, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1937	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1937	Magnolia, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1937	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1937	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	23.8 C (74.8 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	36 years	30 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

1796 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 333 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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 20	227
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4