Weather Records on 25 April 1961

563 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1961. Highest significance: Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO.

Key Facts for 25 April 1961

On 25 April 1961, 563 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
239 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 530 daily.
Drobeta Turnu Severin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.5 mm (2.1 in) on 25 April 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

563 stations

563 station records on 25 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dauan Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	438.2 mm (17.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

563 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

458 broken records

Margins by which the 458 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1961

Top 20 records on 25 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1961	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	monthly rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Linden, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Brandon Cda, CA	all-time snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Franklinville, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Angelica, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Birtle, CA	monthly snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Arcade, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Alfred, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Dansville, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Brinkworth, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Dauan Island, AU	all-time rain	438.2 mm (17.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1961	Willowghby East Lake, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	41 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 563 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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 20	408
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1