Weather Records on 25 August 1939

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1939. Highest significance: Junnar, IN.

Key Facts for 25 August 1939

On 25 August 1939, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 349 daily.
Junnar set an all-time record daily precipitation of 185.4 mm (7.3 in) on 25 August 1939.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

366 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	328.4 mm (12.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	260.9 mm (10.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Navapur	India	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taloda	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mandvi	India	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahua	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sakri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hansot	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ankleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yaval	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trimbak	India	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matheran	India	Record daily precipitation	303.0 mm (11.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gogha	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Igatpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valod	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olpad	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 25 August 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1939 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 349.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1939

Top 20 records on 25 August 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1939	Junnar, IN	all-time rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Murbad, IN	monthly rain	328.4 mm (12.9 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Shahapur, IN	monthly rain	260.9 mm (10.3 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Nandurbar, IN	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Navapur, IN	monthly rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Dindori, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Sinnar, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Ghoda Ambegaon, IN	all-time rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Khed, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Jalna, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Taloda, IN	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Vengurla, IN	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Mandvi, IN	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Mahua, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Sakri, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Hansot, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Darlington, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1939	Sirur, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 366 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	246
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1