Weather Records on 25 February 1948

260 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1948. Highest significance: Hico, US.

Key Facts for 25 February 1948

On 25 February 1948, 260 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 250 daily.
Hico set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.6 mm (4.6 in) on 25 February 1948.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

260 stations

260 station records on 25 February 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zigzag Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

260 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 25 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 25 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1050.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1948

Top 20 records on 25 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1948	Hico, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Cleburne, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Hood Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Union City 3 SE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Ft Bayard 4W, US	monthly rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Pinos Altos, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Apache, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Comanche, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Springerville, US	all-time snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Gage, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1948	Bluewater 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1948	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1948	Springerville, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1948	Zigzag Rs, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1948	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	34 years	29 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 260 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 1948-02-25: 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 200	211
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1