Weather Records on 25 May 1946

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1946. Highest significance: Paducah, US.

Key Facts for 25 May 1946

On 25 May 1946, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 363 daily.
Paducah set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 25 May 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 25 May 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barchana	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alangudi	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raichur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irene Mtn Wauconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sukinda	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 25 May 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1946

Top 20 records on 25 May 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1946	Paducah, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	New Madrid, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Sikeston, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Newport, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Barchana, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Alangudi, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Santa Maria da Boa Vista, BR	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Hernando, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Golconda River, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Koshkonong, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	New Burnside, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1946	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	36 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

1793 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1946. 1946 had 371 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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	252
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2