Weather Records on 25 March 1949

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1949. Highest significance: Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU.

Key Facts for 25 March 1949

On 25 March 1949, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 398 daily.
Yantabulla (Brindingabba) set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 25 March 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

421 stations

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

Weather records on 25 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yantabulla (Brindingabba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coongoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darr River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Julia Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pialaway Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bicton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Browne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jedburgh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 25 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 25 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1949

Top 20 records on 25 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1949	Yantabulla (Brindingabba), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1949	Charleville Post Office, AU	monthly rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1949	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1949	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Adavale Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Werrina, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Listowel Downs, AU	all-time rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Isis Downs, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Albilbah, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Chardzhev, TM	all-time rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Coongoola, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Darr River Downs, AU	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Retreat (Barcoo River), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1949	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	48 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

1806 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1949. 1949 had 421 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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Data for records on 1949-03-25: 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 100	361
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1