Weather Records on 25 March 1947

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1947. Highest significance: Owosso Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1947

On 25 March 1947, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 384 daily.
Owosso Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 25 March 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

395 stations

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

Weather records on 25 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boko	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lavras da Mangabeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kayford	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 25 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 25 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1947

Top 20 records on 25 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1947	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	New Market, ZA	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Orai, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Haileybury, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Kumily, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Haileybury, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Greenville 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Boko, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Collingwood, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1947	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1947	Hasanpur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 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

1806 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1947. 1947 had 395 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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 25	269
25 to 50	24
50 to 75	20
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2