Weather Records on 25 January 1971

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1971. Highest significance: Mooroopna, AU.

Key Facts for 25 January 1971

On 25 January 1971, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
301 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 659 daily.
Mooroopna set a daily record precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 25 January 1971.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 25 January 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haarlem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monsildale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockland	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snydersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tshatsheni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maroochydore Swan Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonia Loyola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Fordell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 25 January 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 25 January 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1971

Top 20 records on 25 January 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1971	Mooroopna, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1971	Randle 1 E, US	monthly rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1971	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Minderoo, AU	monthly rain	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Steele 4N, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Vancouver Pmo, CA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Giralia, AU	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Hinnomunjie, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Blackleaf, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Haileybury, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Haarlem, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Onslow, AU	monthly rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1971	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	40 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

1795 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1971. 1971 had 679 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1971-01-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	573
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1