Weather Records on 25 August 1950

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1950. Highest significance: Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1950

On 25 August 1950, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 313 daily.
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.6 mm (2.3 in) on 25 August 1950.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

327 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shikarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haiku 490	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 25 August 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1950

Top 20 records on 25 August 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1950	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	monthly rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1950	Jamkhandi, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Covington 3 SW, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Harihar, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Akalkot, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Vaduj, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Tryon, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Kottaram, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Johnsonville, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Shikarpur, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Bukkapatnam, IN	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Chamarajnagar, IN	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Perryville, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1950	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	35 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

1796 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1950. 1950 had 327 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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	248
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2