Weather Records on 25 August 1971

628 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1971. Highest significance: Nord-Rana, NO.

Key Facts for 25 August 1971

On 25 August 1971, 628 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 600 daily.
Nord-Rana set a daily record precipitation of 67.5 mm (2.7 in) on 25 August 1971.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

628 stations

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

Weather records on 25 August 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolandoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalapa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jetsonville ( Muskfield )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelkan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

628 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 324.

Records on 25 August 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1971

Top 20 records on 25 August 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1971	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1971	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1971	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1971	Snyder, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1971	Riverslea Tm, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 August 1971	Home Hill Fifteen A St, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Home Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Ashgrove, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Represa Itatinga, BR	monthly rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Mount Wilkin, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	San Andres, MX	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Woolandoon, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Duchess Hotel, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Drevja, NO	daily rain	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Barfield, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Birricannia, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1971	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	47 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 628 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	471
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	4