Weather Records on 25 January 1975

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1975. Highest significance: Sandfontein (Irr), ZA.

Key Facts for 25 January 1975

On 25 January 1975, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 867 daily.
Sandfontein (Irr) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 182.0 mm (7.2 in) on 25 January 1975.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 25 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	56.1 cm (22.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emblem	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ione 18 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Setlagodi (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dorset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Gouin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caripare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madawaska	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal/St-Hubert A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bon Accord Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klipkop-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Molalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Jerome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mamagalieskraal Suid(Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 434, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 25 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	434
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 25 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 198.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1975

Top 20 records on 25 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1975	Sandfontein (Irr), ZA	all-time rain	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Scotia, CA	all-time snowfall	56.1 cm (22.1 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	66 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Grangeville, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Emblem, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Union, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 January 1975	Scotia, CA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Arlington, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Ione 18 S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Setlagodi (Pol), ZA	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	North Bay, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Poortjie, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Dorset, ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Berthierville, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Deaver, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1975	Livingston, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	46 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 888 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 1975-01-25: 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 25	638
25 to 50	57
50 to 75	25
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	9
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2