Weather Records on 25 October 1976

832 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1976. Highest significance: Peddie (Mag), ZA.

Key Facts for 25 October 1976

On 25 October 1976, 832 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 813 daily.
Peddie (Mag) set a daily record precipitation of 104.5 mm (4.1 in) on 25 October 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

832 stations

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

Weather records on 25 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cypherfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlakte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao Do Ibitipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baependi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Five Finger Lt STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamakersvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usina de Varginha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

832 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 476, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 25 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	476
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 25 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 813.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1976

Top 20 records on 25 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1976	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1976	Cypherfontein, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Hickory Flat, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Bluff City 3 SW, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Grootvlakte, ZA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Benton, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Selmer, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Moscow U of I, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Conceicao Do Ibitipoca, BR	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Baependi, BR	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1976	Ashland, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1976. 1976 had 832 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 50	722
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1