Weather Records on 25 August 1969

631 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1969. Highest significance: Gloucester Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 1969

On 25 August 1969, 631 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 608 daily.
Gloucester Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 25 August 1969.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

631 stations

631 station records on 25 August 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Honaunau 27	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roadene	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

631 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 25 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1969

Top 20 records on 25 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1969	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1969	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1969	Wentworth Falls Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Krambach Post Office, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Coldwater, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Kingman, US	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Canadian, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Honaunau 27, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Gobichettipalaya, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Claflin, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Tamenlong, IN	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Greensburg, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Miami, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Cimarron, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Eastport, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Kalahasti, IN	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Clarendon, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Sattur, IN	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1969	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	43 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 631 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	441
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1