Weather Records on 25 March 1940

1,544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1940. Highest significance: Alamur(Alamar), IN.

Key Facts for 25 March 1940

On 25 March 1940, 1,544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 1,201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 1,529 daily.
Alamur(Alamar) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 25 March 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,544 stations

1,544 station records on 25 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turigaria (Kaira)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katwa	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borsat	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moyna	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peddapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addanki	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,544 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 579, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 622, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 25 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	579
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	622
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 25 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 1,529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,374 broken records

Margins by which the 1,374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1940

Top 20 records on 25 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1940	Alamur(Alamar), IN	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1940	Avanigadda, IN	monthly rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1940	Guntur, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Itchapuram, IN	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	New Meadows Rs, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Balasore, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Chanchal, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Tiruvur(Tiruvvru), IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Turigaria (Kaira), IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Katwa, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1940	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1940	Raghopur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1940	Potkabari, IN	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1940	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1940. 1940 had 1,544 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 20	1,333
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1