Weather Records on 25 May 1947

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1947. Highest significance: St Andrews, CA.

Key Facts for 25 May 1947

On 25 May 1947, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 576 daily.
St Andrews set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 25 May 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

588 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Healthy Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perthville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrendong (Pine Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 May 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

492 broken records

Margins by which the 492 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1947

Top 20 records on 25 May 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1947	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1947	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Columbia, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Mt Healthy Exp Farm, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Dover 1 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Irapuato, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Bodangora Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Geurie Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Manildra (George St), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Dillalah, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Dandaloo (Kelvin), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Perthville, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Blayney (Vittoria), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1947	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	40 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 588 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	443
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1