Weather Records on 25 February 1953

213 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1953. Highest significance: Oudtshoorn, ZA.

Key Facts for 25 February 1953

On 25 February 1953, 213 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 210 daily.
Oudtshoorn set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 25 February 1953.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 528 records.

Record Map

213 stations

213 station records on 25 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

213 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 25 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 25 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

171 broken records

Margins by which the 171 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1953

Top 20 records on 25 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1953	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1953	Muenster, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1953	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1953	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1953	Francistown, BW	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1953	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Agartala, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Clarke River Telecom, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Achinsk, RU	monthly high min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Vanersborg, SE	daily high max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	50 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Kunderang East (Kenebree), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Beau Maison, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Hull, GB	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 February 1953	Coffs Harbour, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	26 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 213 records.

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

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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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 50	167
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2