Weather Records on 25 February 1949

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1949. Highest significance: Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU.

Key Facts for 25 February 1949

On 25 February 1949, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 310 daily.
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club) set a daily record precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 25 February 1949.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 527 records.

Record Map

322 stations

322 station records on 25 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
The Wilgas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bunnan (Milhaven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forked Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 25 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 25 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 310.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1949

Top 20 records on 25 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1949	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	The Wilgas, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Menard, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Flatonia 4SE, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Sedgefield (Bundajon), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Broome Post Office, AU	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Brooklyn (Sandbrook Inlet), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Bunnan (Milhaven), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Muswellbrook (Edderton), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1949	Plashett, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	38 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

1794 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 322 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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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 50	256
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2