Weather Records on 25 October 1940

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1940. Highest significance: Caboolture Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 October 1940

On 25 October 1940, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 487 daily.
Caboolture Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 75.2 mm (3.0 in) on 25 October 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

491 stations

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

Weather records on 25 October 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wofford Hts Kernville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ammathy	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 159, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 October 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	159
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 October 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1940

Top 20 records on 25 October 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1940	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Lemon Cove, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Wofford Hts Kernville, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1940	Logansport Cicott St, US	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	N Fk Rs, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	New Meadows Rs, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Farmington, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Burpengary Ulmann Rd, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	New Bremen, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1940	Saltair, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27 years	25 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

1800 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1940. 1940 had 491 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 25 October 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 10	342
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	1