Weather Records on 25 October 1971

996 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1971. Highest significance: Farmville, US.

Key Facts for 25 October 1971

On 25 October 1971, 996 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
440 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 982 daily.
Farmville set a daily record precipitation of 84.1 mm (3.3 in) on 25 October 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

996 stations

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

Weather records on 25 October 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Martiros	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Kulom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

996 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 388, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 October 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	388
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 October 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 982.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

826 broken records

Margins by which the 826 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1971

Top 20 records on 25 October 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1971	Farmville, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1971	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1971	Beaverhead R/S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1971	Gage, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Taos, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	New Canton, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Blue, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Bernalillo, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Hachita 1W, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Socorro, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Chiricahua Nm, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Clifton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Purcellville, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Jornada Exp Range, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1971	Martiros, AM	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	5 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

1800 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1971. 1971 had 996 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	763
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1