Weather Records on 25 February 1942

283 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1942. Highest significance: Chandur Railway, IN.

Key Facts for 25 February 1942

On 25 February 1942, 283 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 275 daily.
Chandur Railway set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 25 February 1942.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 527 records.

Record Map

283 stations

283 station records on 25 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Garthowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record snow depth	348.0 cm (137.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umrer	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strydenberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

283 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 25 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 25 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1702.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1942

Top 20 records on 25 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1942	Chandur Railway, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Katol, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Anjangaon, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Betul(Badnur), IN	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Weissenburg, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Attunga (Garthowen), AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Badnera, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Elizabethtown, US	all-time rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Mungaoli, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Caguas, PR	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1942	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1942	Chicholi, IN	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1942	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1942	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1942	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	53 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

1794 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 283 records.

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

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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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 250	221
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	1
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1