Weather Records on 25 April 1947

324 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1947. Highest significance: Eldon, US.

Key Facts for 25 April 1947

On 25 April 1947, 324 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 320 daily.
Eldon set a daily record precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 25 April 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

324 stations

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

Weather records on 25 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waco	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

324 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 25 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

283 broken records

Margins by which the 283 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1947

Top 20 records on 25 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1947	Eldon, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Palestine, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Farmington, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Mistassini Post, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Waco, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Casey, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1947	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 April 1947	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	32 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 324 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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 10	209
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1