Weather Records on 25 March 1956

849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1956. Highest significance: Lillooet, CA.

Key Facts for 25 March 1956

On 25 March 1956, 849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
415 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 837 daily.
Lillooet set a daily record snowfall of 9.9 cm (3.9 in) on 25 March 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

849 stations

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

Weather records on 25 March 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Lourenco da Mata (Rfn)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weribone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narada Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

849 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 346, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 180, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 25 March 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	346
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	180
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 25 March 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

656 broken records

Margins by which the 656 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 991.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1956

Top 20 records on 25 March 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1956	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1956	Kingston, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1956	Northfield, US	daily snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Sao Lourenco da Mata (Rfn), BR	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Patu, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Taldra, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Rocklands, ZA	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Fielden, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Amherst, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Boulia Airport, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe, BR	daily rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1956	Lake Louise, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 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

1806 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1956. 1956 had 849 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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 200	651
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1