Weather Records on 25 January 1950

2,290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1950. Highest significance: Harrisville, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1950

On 25 January 1950, 2,290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,292 were record highs and 533 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 494 monthly and 1,765 daily.
Harrisville set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 25 January 1950.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 25 January 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	72.4 cm (28.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-51.2 C (-60.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
James Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosmos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,290 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 720, Lowest daily maximum 298, Highest daily minimum 572, Lowest daily minimum 235, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 126, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 25 January 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	720
Lowest daily maximum	298
Highest daily minimum	572
Lowest daily minimum	235
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	126
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 25 January 1950 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 494, daily 1,765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,946 broken records

Margins by which the 1,946 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 419.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1950

Top 20 records on 25 January 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1950	Harrisville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1950	Independence, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Le Mars, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Burnett 3 S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Aligarh, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Freeport, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Mio Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily snowfall	72.4 cm (28.5 in)	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1950	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1950	Green Bay, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1950	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1950	Hampton, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	20 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

1795 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1950. 1950 had 2,290 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1950-01-25: 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	1,920
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1