Weather Records on 25 May 1996

1,304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1996. Highest significance: Pbo Anantapur, IN.

Key Facts for 25 May 1996

On 25 May 1996, 1,304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
617 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,256 daily.
Pbo Anantapur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 162.1 mm (6.4 in) on 25 May 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

1,304 stations

1,304 station records on 25 May 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Doornhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiirikoja	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neustrelitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natchitoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tacony 13 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,304 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 317, Lowest daily maximum 248, Highest daily minimum 300, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 25 May 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	317
Lowest daily maximum	248
Highest daily minimum	300
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 25 May 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 45, daily 1,256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

907 broken records

Margins by which the 907 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1996

Top 20 records on 25 May 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1996	Pbo Anantapur, IN	monthly rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	81 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 May 1996	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1996	Beaver, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 1996	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Eads, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Goodland, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Miami, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Pickens, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Brunswick, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Marshall, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Doornhoek, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Grenville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	W Pelzer, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Paragonah, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Tiirikoja, EE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1996	Abisko, SE	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	79 years	48 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,304 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	898
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1