Weather Records on 25 August 1959

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1959. Highest significance: Zmeinogorsk, RU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1959

On 25 August 1959, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 557 daily.
Zmeinogorsk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 113.2 mm (4.5 in) on 25 August 1959.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

576 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg 7 St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 192.

Records on 25 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 14, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1959

Top 20 records on 25 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1959	Zmeinogorsk, RU	all-time rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	65 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1959	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1959	Grand Marais, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Bowie, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Virginia, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Lisbon, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Armagh, GB	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Cowles, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Sangli, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1959	Mayville, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	38 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

1796 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 576 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	354
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1