Weather Records on 25 February 1947

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1947. Highest significance: Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA.

Key Facts for 25 February 1947

On 25 February 1947, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 344 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 572 daily.
Durban-Botanical Gardens set a monthly record daily precipitation of 150.6 mm (5.9 in) on 25 February 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 526 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 25 February 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nannine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hargraves (the Elders)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Margherita	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meekatharra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 477 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 25 February 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 25 February 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 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 February 1947

Top 20 records on 25 February 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1947	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	monthly rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1947	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Brownsville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Nannine, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Hargraves (the Elders), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Waren, DE	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	10.3 C (18.5 F)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Margherita, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Wilton, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Wisley, GB	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Den Helder-1, NL	daily low min	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	10.9 C (19.6 F)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Villa Nora (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Rothamsted, GB	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1947	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1947	Welbedacht Agric Office, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1947	Sheffield, GB	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1947	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1947	Uralla (Mihi), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1947	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13 years	33 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 583 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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Data for records on 1947-02-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	442
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1