Weather Records on 25 May 1961

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1961. Highest significance: Kolhapur, IN.

Key Facts for 25 May 1961

On 25 May 1961, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 235 daily.
Kolhapur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.6 mm (6.4 in) on 25 May 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

254 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chandgad	India	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jath	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Virajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pimpalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Suryapet	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pandharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Riche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arvida	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

214 broken records

Margins by which the 214 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1961

Top 20 records on 25 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1961	Kolhapur, IN	monthly rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1961	Devgad, IN	monthly rain	181.2 mm (7.1 in)	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1961	Gargoti, IN	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1961	Karad, IN	monthly rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1961	Shirala, IN	daily rain	127.7 mm (5.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Rajapur, IN	monthly rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Chandgad, IN	monthly rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Jath, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Bhagamandala, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Ratnagiri, IN	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Virajpet, IN	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Blakely, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Patan, IN	monthly rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Yellapur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Akluj, IN	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Koregaon, IN	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Karkal, IN	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Supa, IN	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Tasgaon, IN	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1961	Islampur, IN	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	43 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 254 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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Data for records on 1961-05-25: 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	162
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3