Weather Records on 25 October 1975

1,326 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1975. Highest significance: Wirrabara Forest, AU.

Key Facts for 25 October 1975

On 25 October 1975, 1,326 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 481 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,285 daily.
Wirrabara Forest set a monthly record daily precipitation of 142.0 mm (5.6 in) on 25 October 1975.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,326 stations

1,326 station records on 25 October 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bundaleer Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Interlaken	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte-Yarcowie (Gum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Booborowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pickle Lake (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hawksdale Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,326 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 150, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 331, Heaviest daily rainfall 504, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 25 October 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	150
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	331
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 25 October 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 1,285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,121 broken records

Margins by which the 1,121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1975

Top 20 records on 25 October 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1975	Wirrabara Forest, AU	monthly rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	77 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Bundaleer Forest Reserve, AU	all-time rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Kingston, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1975	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Rosedale (Turretfield Research, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Colac (Shire Office), AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Southport, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1975	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1975. 1975 had 1,326 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 25	1,033
25 to 50	54
50 to 75	20
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3