Weather Records on 25 May 1953

1,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1953. Highest significance: Lakeside, US.

Key Facts for 25 May 1953

On 25 May 1953, 1,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
674 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 946 daily.
Lakeside set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 25 May 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,024 stations

1,024 station records on 25 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tambellup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,024 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 409, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	409
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 76, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

770 broken records

Margins by which the 770 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1953

Top 20 records on 25 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1953	Lakeside, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Winifred, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Carway, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Aleppo, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Holter Dam, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Lake Eleanor, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Tambellup, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Fife Lake 4 SW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Babb 6 NE, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Hamilton, CA	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Pipestone, US	all-time rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Augusta, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Geneva, US	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Quairading, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	St Catharines, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Greenfield, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Choteau, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Denton, US	all-time rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1953	Guelph Oac, CA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	34 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

1793 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1953. 1953 had 1,024 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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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	752
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1