Weather Records on 25 May 1962

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1962. Highest significance: Sonnblick, AT.

Key Facts for 25 May 1962

On 25 May 1962, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 562 daily.
Sonnblick set a daily record precipitation of 48.9 mm (1.9 in) on 25 May 1962.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

567 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Umatilla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nangetty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ninghan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallandoon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 562.

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 86.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1962

Top 20 records on 25 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1962	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Fryerstown, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Newton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Gibson Dam, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Sundance, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Wai, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Yallalong, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Mangalore, IN	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Bomnak, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	94 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Oxford, GB	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Kasargod, IN	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Urella, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Udipi, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1962	Timboon, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1962	Altus Irig Rsch STN, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1962	Umatilla, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1962	Nangetty, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1962. 1962 had 567 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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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	433
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2