Weather Records on 25 May 1981

1,072 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1981. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 1981

On 25 May 1981, 1,072 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
383 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,033 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 148.4 mm (5.8 in) on 25 May 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

1,072 stations

1,072 station records on 25 May 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denison (Wandocka State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hakea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duranillin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,072 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 580, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	580
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 1,033.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1981

Top 20 records on 25 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1981	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 May 1981	Nowa Nowa (Wairewa), AU	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Bushy Park, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Orbost (Comparison), AU	monthly rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Delegate Post Office, AU	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Clydebank, AU	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Alberton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1981	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	San Andres, MX	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Wales, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Delegate Station, AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Gavle, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1981	Salisbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	52 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 1,072 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	915
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1