Weather Records on 25 May 1954

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1954. Highest significance: Ellabin, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1954

On 25 May 1954, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 280 daily.
Ellabin set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 25 May 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 25 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellabin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	237.2 mm (9.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Metaline Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clovis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Caroline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talcher	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

234 broken records

Margins by which the 234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1954

Top 20 records on 25 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1954	Ellabin, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1954	Lakhipur, IN	all-time rain	237.2 mm (9.3 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1954	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Quebec, CA	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Miami, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Carlsbad, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Metaline Falls, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Fauquier, CA	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Mogoca, RU	daily low min	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Greensburg, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Liberal, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Utah Lake Lehi, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	El Suez, EG	daily high max	43.0 C (109.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Ashland, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Colby, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Coldwater, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1954	Holy Cross, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	58 years	25 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 284 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	182
5 to 10	30
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1