Weather Records on 25 August 1962

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1962. Highest significance: New Burnside, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1962

On 25 August 1962, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 382 daily.
New Burnside set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 25 August 1962.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

398 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelaceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vrugbaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boontjieskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Plaisante	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz Lock E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parma	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drummonds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 25 August 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1962

Top 20 records on 25 August 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1962	New Burnside, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1962	Teonthar, IN	daily rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	114.9 mm (4.5 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Dexter, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Lefroy, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Black Rock, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Subiaco, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Seguin, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Fisk, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Osceola, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Princeton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Turbine, CA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Lovelaceville, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Astrakan, RU	monthly low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1962	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	39 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1962. 1962 had 398 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	290
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1