Weather Records on 25 May 2018

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 2018. Highest significance: Butler 4W, US.

Key Facts for 25 May 2018

On 25 May 2018, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 784 daily.
Butler 4W set a daily record precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 25 May 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 25 May 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rosa Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mugla	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puttalam	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aston Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koordarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balagansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warner Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 267, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 316, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 172.

Records on 25 May 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	267
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	316
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 2018

Top 20 records on 25 May 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 2018	Butler 4W, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2018	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2018	Margaret River, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2018	Nannup, AU	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	99 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2018	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 May 2018	Rosa Brook, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Monticello, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Mugla, TR	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Cheraw, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	River Falls, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Szeged, HU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Langebaan, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Vinton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Puttalam, LK	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Kirup, AU	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Eagle Rvr, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	McPherson, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Wickiup Dam, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Doorawarrah, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2018	Marion, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	46 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 800 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-05-25: 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	566
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1