Weather Records on 25 August 1952

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1952. Highest significance: Prahran (Como House), AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1952

On 25 August 1952, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
193 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 567 daily.
Prahran (Como House) set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 25 August 1952.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

585 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burwood East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskegee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Box Hill Aged Mens Retreat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mungaoli	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 217.

Records on 25 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

437 broken records

Margins by which the 437 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1952

Top 20 records on 25 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1952	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1952	Kew, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Shivpuri, IN	daily rain	200.7 mm (7.9 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Heidelberg (Rosanna), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Middleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Deolapur, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Laurel Hill (Kundiewa), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Cushman Dam, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Burwood East, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Tirrengower, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Canterbury, AU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Kalangadoo, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1952	Angul, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	39 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 585 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	400
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3