Weather Records on 25 March 1939

606 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1939. Highest significance: Cooktown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 March 1939

On 25 March 1939, 606 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
498 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 590 daily.
Cooktown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 235.5 mm (9.3 in) on 25 March 1939.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

606 stations

606 station records on 25 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

606 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 264, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 234, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 25 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	264
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	234
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 25 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1939

Top 20 records on 25 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1939	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Sherthala, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Horton, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1939	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Henrietta, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Vaikom, IN	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Takoma Park # 1, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Seward, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Manitowoc, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	monthly high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1939	Bloomingdale, US	monthly high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	28 years	23 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

1806 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1939. 1939 had 606 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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 25	468
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1