Weather Records on 25 February 1978

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1978. Highest significance: Defiance, US.

Key Facts for 25 February 1978

On 25 February 1978, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 764 daily.
Defiance set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 25 February 1978.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 25 February 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Defiance	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fort Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nairibin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Porongorup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cocanarup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kayballup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorine Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pantapin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marvel Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kumminin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungulla North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 269.

Records on 25 February 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	269

Records on 25 February 1978 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1978

Top 20 records on 25 February 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1978	Defiance, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Fort Hill, AU	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Baandee North, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Belka, AU	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1978	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Wilmington 3 N, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Mount Madden, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Nairibin, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Porongorup, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Cocanarup, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	London State Fish Hatchery, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Kurrajong, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Dobra Scritia, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	111.7 cm (44.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	154.6 mm (6.1 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1978	Codg Codgen, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	51 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

1794 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1978. 1978 had 790 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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Data for records on 1978-02-25: 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 200	640
200 to 400	30
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1