Weather Records on 25 October 1942

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1942. Highest significance: Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 25 October 1942

On 25 October 1942, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 246 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 375 daily.
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 25 October 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

383 stations

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

Weather records on 25 October 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotli	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 25 October 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 25 October 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1942

Top 20 records on 25 October 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1942	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Pokegama Dam, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Pine Rvr Dam, US	monthly snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Kotli, PK	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1942	Napoleon, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Two Harbors, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Schreiber, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Ramban, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Simmesport, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Grantsburg, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Houma, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Cumberland, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1942	Ashley, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	43 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 383 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	273
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1