Weather Records on 25 April 1962

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1962. Highest significance: Petropavlovskij Majak, RU.

Key Facts for 25 April 1962

On 25 April 1962, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
561 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 105 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Petropavlovskij Majak set a daily record precipitation of 55.5 mm (2.2 in) on 25 April 1962.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 25 April 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Paliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gertruida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Edenville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knight L C,Balgowan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartebeestpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bovenlandsplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nqutu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Witbankfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsrus (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lanquedoc	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellpinit	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 366, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 475, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 April 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	366
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	475
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 April 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 105, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

972 broken records

Margins by which the 972 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1962

Top 20 records on 25 April 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1962	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Driefontein, ZA	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Paliganj, IN	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Bano, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Gertruida, ZA	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Witsieshoek, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1962	Parys (Mun), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Nawadah, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Weltevrede, ZA	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Rienzi, ZA	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Woodfort, ZA	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Roodepoort, ZA	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Edenville (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Elandsheuwel, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1962	Doornkom, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	54 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1962. 1962 had 1,116 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 100	968
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1