Weather Records on 25 May 2004

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 2004. Highest significance: Mungeranie, AU.

Key Facts for 25 May 2004

On 25 May 2004, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 878 daily.
Mungeranie set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 25 May 2004.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 25 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremiah 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Water Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Monolon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Komstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 153, Heaviest daily rainfall 264, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	153
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 21, daily 878.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

650 broken records

Margins by which the 650 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 52.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 2004

Top 20 records on 25 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 2004	Mungeranie, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
25 May 2004	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2004	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Mount Margaret, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Mount Dare, AU	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Ocosingo, MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Beardstown, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Princeton, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Jeremiah 1 S, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Randolph, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Mukdahan, TH	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2004	Petersburg 3SSW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2004. 2004 had 903 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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Data for records on 2004-05-25: 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 10	571
10 to 20	56
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2