Weather Records on 25 May 1980

1,160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1980. Highest significance: Libby 32 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 25 May 1980

On 25 May 1980, 1,160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
351 were record highs and 534 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,108 daily.
Libby 32 SSE set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 25 May 1980.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

1,160 stations

1,160 station records on 25 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Logan 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cogla Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Spg 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Oros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Salao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Metapa de Dominguez	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Bridges	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,160 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 175, Lowest daily maximum 276, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 258, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 25 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	175
Lowest daily maximum	276
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	258
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 25 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 45, daily 1,108.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

918 broken records

Margins by which the 918 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1980

Top 20 records on 25 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1980	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Lima, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Virginia City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Mountain View, CA	all-time rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Superior, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1980	Billings Wtp, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Manhattan, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Basin, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Broadview, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Ennis, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Ft Logan 4 ESE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Austin 1 W, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Hobson, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Beaver Mines, CA	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Lima, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1980	Kooskia, US	all-time rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	70 years	49 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

1793 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1980. 1980 had 1,160 records.

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

Records on 05-25 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1797	1
1824	1
1830	1
1837	2
1839	1
1841	1
1846	2
1847	3
1848	1
1852	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	12
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	10
1902	2
1903	7
1904	14
1905	9
1906	41
1907	18
1908	25
1909	20
1910	35
1911	15
1912	21
1913	46
1914	33
1915	20
1916	33
1917	53
1918	22
1919	36
1920	59
1921	208
1922	118
1923	113
1924	277
1925	675
1926	221
1927	240
1928	301
1929	122
1930	156
1931	262
1932	358
1933	400
1934	219
1935	301
1936	407
1937	176
1938	456
1939	322
1940	259
1941	297
1942	534
1943	567
1944	392
1945	225
1946	371
1947	588
1948	317
1949	371
1950	644
1951	542
1952	436
1953	1,024
1954	284
1955	1,068
1956	940
1957	463
1958	439
1959	316
1960	493
1961	254
1962	567
1963	352
1964	716
1965	662
1966	295
1967	946
1968	394
1969	367
1970	385
1971	700
1972	477
1973	595
1974	820
1975	922
1976	412
1977	946
1978	581
1979	1,432
1980	1,160
1981	1,072
1982	714
1983	1,147
1984	677
1985	519
1986	500
1987	703
1988	635
1989	1,190
1990	656
1991	1,768
1992	1,682
1993	824
1994	773
1995	1,546
1996	1,304
1997	1,513
1998	882
1999	708
2000	1,417
2001	1,201
2002	1,001
2003	918
2004	903
2005	909
2006	801
2007	1,420
2008	840
2009	1,088
2010	1,512
2011	1,180
2012	1,616
2013	912
2014	761
2015	407
2016	429
2017	829
2018	800
2019	641
2020	564
2021	505
2022	752
2023	305
2024	688
2025	527
2026	913

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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	900
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1