Weather Records on 25 July 1959

451 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 July 1959. Highest significance: Alvin, US.

Key Facts for 25 July 1959

On 25 July 1959, 451 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 439 daily.
Alvin set a daily record precipitation of 143.5 mm (5.6 in) on 25 July 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

451 stations

451 station records on 25 July 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yalbalgo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moogooree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rangia	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macharla	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence at Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Sanatorium 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

451 records

Records set or tied on 25 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 204.

Records on 25 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 July 1959

Top 20 records on 25 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 July 1959	Alvin, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 July 1959	Whittlesea, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 July 1959	Callagiddy Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Marron, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Limoeiro de Anadia, BR	daily rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Doorawarrah, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Twin Peaks, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Wooleen, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Carbla Station, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Greenville, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Williambury, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Mount Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Byro, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Scott, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 July 1959	Dunlap, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	46 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 451 records.

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

Records on 07-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1801	1
1832	2
1836	1
1839	2
1840	1
1846	2
1847	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	4
1888	1
1889	6
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	3
1899	1
1900	3
1901	5
1902	15
1903	11
1904	18
1905	8
1906	13
1907	14
1908	15
1909	7
1910	26
1911	48
1912	44
1913	19
1914	28
1915	21
1916	48
1917	44
1918	91
1919	36
1920	71
1921	47
1922	149
1923	92
1924	175
1925	120
1926	119
1927	145
1928	248
1929	158
1930	367
1931	381
1932	402
1933	430
1934	968
1935	210
1936	881
1937	301
1938	343
1939	342
1940	607
1941	381
1942	272
1943	234
1944	279
1945	297
1946	432
1947	445
1948	346
1949	593
1950	451
1951	330
1952	426
1953	497
1954	427
1955	401
1956	378
1957	421
1958	376
1959	451
1960	286
1961	362
1962	756
1963	636
1964	460
1965	446
1966	456
1967	273
1968	364
1969	448
1970	387
1971	656
1972	465
1973	690
1974	589
1975	672
1976	502
1977	979
1978	501
1979	847
1980	543
1981	1,008
1982	723
1983	1,110
1984	891
1985	768
1986	1,155
1987	1,248
1988	899
1989	959
1990	984
1991	1,149
1992	799
1993	1,558
1994	1,244
1995	971
1996	1,016
1997	939
1998	1,037
1999	1,172
2000	1,261
2001	1,201
2002	801
2003	1,421
2004	1,693
2005	1,213
2006	1,679
2007	1,103
2008	900
2009	758
2010	1,678
2011	1,026
2012	835
2013	622
2014	919
2015	651
2016	661
2017	865
2018	1,115
2019	1,253
2020	538
2021	768
2022	1,041
2023	775
2024	921
2025	965
2026	1,263

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Data for records on 1959-07-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	283
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1