Weather Records on 25 February 1979

1,133 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1979. Highest significance: Jackson, US.

Key Facts for 25 February 1979

On 25 February 1979, 1,133 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,060 daily.
Jackson set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 25 February 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

1,133 stations

1,133 station records on 25 February 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Fisk	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bernie	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	110.9 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Twr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schleswig	Germany	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kyritz	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Advance 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jever	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,133 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 483, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 335.

Records on 25 February 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	483
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	335

Records on 25 February 1979 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 47, daily 1,060.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

975 broken records

Margins by which the 975 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1549.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1979

Top 20 records on 25 February 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1979	Jackson, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 February 1979	Anna 4 N, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	76 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Fisk, US	all-time snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Bernie, US	all-time snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Columbia 2SSE, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Pocahontas 1, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Zalma 4 E, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	64 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Steigen, NO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Ashland, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Randolph 5 NNE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 1979	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Creighton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Gilbert, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Anna 4 N, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Jackson, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Julatten, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1979	Smithville, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	55 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 1,133 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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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	914
200 to 400	54
400 to 600	6
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1