Weather Records on 25 August 1961

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1961. Highest significance: Marshall, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1961

On 25 August 1961, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 478 daily.
Marshall set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 25 August 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

487 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altapass	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miamisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	149.3 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 25 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1961

Top 20 records on 25 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1961	Marshall, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Altapass, US	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Woodruff, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Disraeli, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Dublin, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Manly Town Hall, AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Marion, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Columbia, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Griffin, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Mosman Water Supply, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Cromer Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Evergreen, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Zhizdra, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Marianna Sch For Boys, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1961	Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	37 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 487 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 20	328
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1