Weather Records on 25 August 1951

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1951. Highest significance: Nainital, IN.

Key Facts for 25 August 1951

On 25 August 1951, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 347 daily.
Nainital set a daily record precipitation of 254.0 mm (10.0 in) on 25 August 1951.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 25 August 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Pas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sholingur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirukoilur	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Underwood 12 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katra	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chauradano	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Khajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 25 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

286 broken records

Margins by which the 286 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 176.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1951

Top 20 records on 25 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1951	Nainital, IN	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Washington, US	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	The Pas, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Grenora, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Manapparai, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Corona, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1951	Marlo, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Ancho, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Park Rch, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Tajique 4 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Norwalk Wwtp, US	monthly low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Downing, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1951	Dhaka, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	30 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

1796 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 352 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 25	256
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1