Weather Records on 25 May 1952

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1952. Highest significance: Deal Island, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1952

On 25 May 1952, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 420 daily.
Deal Island set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 25 May 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 25 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nandikottur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 358.

Records on 25 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	358
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1952

Top 20 records on 25 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1952	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1952	Baltimore Customs House, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1952	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1952	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1952	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Anakie, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Morrisons (Ballark), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Balliang East (Chesney), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Norwalk, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Keedysville, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Toora, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Meredith (Darra), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Adoni, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1952	Yemmiganur, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 436 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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Data for records on 1952-05-25: 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 10	255
10 to 20	80
20 to 30	27
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	3