Weather Records on 25 August 1954

520 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1954. Highest significance: De Smet, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1954

On 25 August 1954, 520 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
144 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 513 daily.
De Smet set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 25 August 1954.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

520 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolshed Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nordegg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

520 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 204.

Records on 25 August 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1954

Top 20 records on 25 August 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1954	De Smet, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Woolshed Flat, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Flandreau, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Nordegg, CA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Fort Dearborn, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Caron, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Ariyalur, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Franklin, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Riva, IT	monthly low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Thomasville, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Delhi 2 SE, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Southport, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Tracy, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Vaniyambadi, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1954	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1954	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 520 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	336
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1