Weather Records on 25 March 1986

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1986. Highest significance: Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1986

On 25 March 1986, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
356 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 647 daily.
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP set a monthly record daily precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 25 March 1986.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 25 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Chico	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis de la Paz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nigniy_Studeniy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Empleado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geyser Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Mixcoac	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tepatitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Chico	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose Iturbide (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cincel 42	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Actopan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Danxho	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tacubaya	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 168, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 25 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	168
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 25 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

498 broken records

Margins by which the 498 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1986

Top 20 records on 25 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1986	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Conception, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Wessington Springs, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	El Chico, MX	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Creighton, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Menno, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	San Luis de la Paz, MX	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Nigniy_Studeniy, UA	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Hialeah, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1986	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1986	Vernal, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1986	Colonia Empleado, MX	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1986	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1986	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 March 1986	Geyser Rch, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1806 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1986. 1986 had 660 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	493
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2