Weather Records on 25 May 1971

700 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1971. Highest significance: Elliston, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1971

On 25 May 1971, 700 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 393 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 683 daily.
Elliston set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 25 May 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

700 stations

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

Weather records on 25 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bereznjaki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morretes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

700 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 248, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 25 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	248
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 25 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1971

Top 20 records on 25 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1971	Elliston, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1971	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Sheringa (Lake Hamilton), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Melnichnoe, RU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Tiffin, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Bereznjaki, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Lima Wwtp, US	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Tivjaku, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Pabellon Campo Experimental, MX	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1971	Kingsville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 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

1793 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 700 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 25	562
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1