Weather Records on 25 August 1997

1,553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 1997. Highest significance: Kristianstad, SE.

Key Facts for 25 August 1997

On 25 August 1997, 1,553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
944 were record highs and 406 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,503 daily.
Kristianstad set a daily record high maximum temperature of 31.2 C (88.2 F) on 25 August 1997.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

1,553 stations

1,553 station records on 25 August 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Espedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kwinana Bp Refinery	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Suontaka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vihti Maasoja	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Powelltown Dnre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Save	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rostock-Warnemunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
C.E.I. Ciudad Mante	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,553 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 520, Lowest daily maximum 121, Highest daily minimum 424, Lowest daily minimum 285, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 25 August 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	520
Lowest daily maximum	121
Highest daily minimum	424
Lowest daily minimum	285
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 1997 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 38, daily 1,503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,220 broken records

Margins by which the 1,220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 1997

Top 20 records on 25 August 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 1997	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Newport, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Espoey, FR	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Espedalen, NO	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	San Miguel El Alto, MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Ulricehamn, SE	all-time high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	94 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Aachen, DE	daily high max	32.6 C (90.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Marion, US	monthly low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Altastenberg, DE	daily high max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Uccle, BE	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	139 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	32.5 C (90.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Schwerin, DE	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 1997	Kwinana Bp Refinery, AU	all-time low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	42 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

1796 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1997. 1997 had 1,553 records.

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

Records on 08-25 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1816	1
1818	2
1837	1
1838	2
1839	1
1848	1
1852	1
1855	2
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	2
1875	1
1876	5
1877	3
1879	3
1880	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	1
1890	3
1892	4
1893	8
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	13
1901	11
1902	6
1903	13
1904	11
1905	12
1906	29
1907	15
1908	13
1909	22
1910	32
1911	32
1912	32
1913	31
1914	30
1915	94
1916	18
1917	65
1918	37
1919	172
1920	174
1921	50
1922	70
1923	117
1924	402
1925	145
1926	224
1927	356
1928	167
1929	174
1930	247
1931	251
1932	270
1933	307
1934	457
1935	317
1936	859
1937	333
1938	620
1939	366
1940	658
1941	474
1942	514
1943	496
1944	589
1945	462
1946	305
1947	627
1948	876
1949	281
1950	327
1951	352
1952	585
1953	461
1954	520
1955	711
1956	273
1957	479
1958	958
1959	576
1960	585
1961	487
1962	398
1963	510
1964	557
1965	401
1966	715
1967	439
1968	596
1969	631
1970	721
1971	628
1972	596
1973	537
1974	466
1975	650
1976	459
1977	731
1978	702
1979	828
1980	750
1981	671
1982	907
1983	1,277
1984	694
1985	1,048
1986	778
1987	1,533
1988	815
1989	918
1990	817
1991	688
1992	1,680
1993	1,137
1994	617
1995	1,206
1996	1,058
1997	1,553
1998	1,138
1999	895
2000	790
2001	1,021
2002	1,073
2003	872
2004	947
2005	874
2006	1,020
2007	1,345
2008	1,026
2009	824
2010	1,321
2011	1,332
2012	709
2013	619
2014	853
2015	1,157
2016	887
2017	432
2018	438
2019	708
2020	931
2021	597
2022	672
2023	1,565
2024	909
2025	1,071
2026	886

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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 5	1,123
5 to 10	54
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	11
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	2