Weather Records on 25 October 1966

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1966. Highest significance: Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim, DE.

Key Facts for 25 October 1966

On 25 October 1966, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 333 daily.
Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 25 October 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 25 October 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tajga	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Telkwa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bakchar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.9 C (-32.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napas	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 October 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 October 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1966

Top 20 records on 25 October 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1966	Lauda-Konigshofen-Gerlachsheim, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Newton, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Karasjok, NO	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Tajga, RU	daily low min	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	16.1 C (29.0 F)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Kershaw 1SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Karesuando, SE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Sparta, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1966	Caetite, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Pervomajskoe, RU	daily low max	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	10.9 C (19.6 F)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Batesburg, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Ust-Ozernoe, RU	daily low max	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	12.3 C (22.1 F)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Geneseo, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Sparta, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Tiruppuvanam, IN	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1966	Slavgorod, RU	monthly low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	25 years	30 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

1800 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1966. 1966 had 347 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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	276
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1