Weather Records on 25 April 1981

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1981. Highest significance: Cape Agulhas, ZA.

Key Facts for 25 April 1981

On 25 April 1981, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 877 daily.
Cape Agulhas set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 25 April 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 25 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein 11,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Cerro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Ojitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Nuevo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nopalapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campina da Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetendals Vallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boontjieskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tussenvier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Maia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elderslie, Tweedie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plaatjies Kraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Isabel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 269, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1981

Top 20 records on 25 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1981	Cape Agulhas, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1981	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1981	Buffelsklip, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1981	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1981	Manor Holme, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1981	Bredasdorp, ZA	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	99 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Telpoort, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Concordia, ZA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Harkerville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Lauchapan, MX	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Jhb-Zoological Garden, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Uxbridge, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Valente, BR	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Prinshof, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Grootfontein 11,, ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Shannon Hec, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Boca del Cerro, MX	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Waddington, GB	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1981	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	89 years	41 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 900 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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 20	661
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1