Weather Records on 25 August 1976

459 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1976. Highest significance: Dillingham FAA AP, US.

Key Facts for 25 August 1976

On 25 August 1976, 459 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
232 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 450 daily.
Dillingham FAA AP set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 25 August 1976.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

459 stations

459 station records on 25 August 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aguililla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ilirnej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carius	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Opodepe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Novy-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berezovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiel-Kronshagen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

459 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 25 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1976

Top 20 records on 25 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1976	Dillingham FAA AP, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Aguililla, MX	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Bonang, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Kinuso Rs, CA	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Fayetteville Wtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Campsie, CA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Uccle, BE	daily high max	30.1 C (86.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Ilirnej, RU	all-time rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1976	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	Uil, KZ	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	Carius, BR	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	High Prairie, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	Perm, RU	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 August 1976	Grafton, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 459 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 10	344
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1