Weather Records on 25 February 2001

1,330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 2001. Highest significance: Dawson, US.

Key Facts for 25 February 2001

On 25 February 2001, 1,330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 1,274 daily.
Dawson set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 25 February 2001.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

1,330 stations

1,330 station records on 25 February 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Park Forest Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wanatah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wing	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Piper City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire L&D 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hennepin Wtr Trmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,330 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 580, Heaviest daily snowfall 186, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 25 February 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	580
Heaviest daily snowfall	186
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 25 February 2001 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 48, daily 1,274.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,131 broken records

Margins by which the 1,131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 2001

Top 20 records on 25 February 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 2001	Dawson, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 February 2001	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	75 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	El Dorado, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Mellette 4 W, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	97 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Clinton 1SSW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Sigourney, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Clear Lake, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2001	Lincoln, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Tower 2S, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Amity 4 NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Park Forest Water, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Madison Wwtp, US	all-time snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Purdum, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2001	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	57 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 1,330 records.

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

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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Data for records on 2001-02-25: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	1,011
50 to 100	78
100 to 150	28
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2