Weather Records on 25 February 1956

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1956. Highest significance: The Cliff, ZA.

Key Facts for 25 February 1956

On 25 February 1956, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 665 daily.
The Cliff set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.5 mm (6.0 in) on 25 February 1956.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 25 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	152.5 mm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobhouse 23	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderboom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Brug (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lobatse	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Argyle Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 25 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 25 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 31, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1956

Top 20 records on 25 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1956	The Cliff, ZA	all-time rain	152.5 mm (6.0 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1956	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1956	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Enzelberg, ZA	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Cyferfontein, ZA	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Hobhouse 23, ZA	monthly rain	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Mistassini Post, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Mistassini Post, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Tarong, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Bulsfontein, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Marysville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Ord River, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Waterland, ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Olinda #1 332, US	daily rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Wonderboom, ZA	all-time rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Prospect, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	0 years	47 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

1794 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 704 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	588
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1