Weather Records on 25 May 2020

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 2020. Highest significance: Zavitaja, RU.

Key Facts for 25 May 2020

On 25 May 2020, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 541 daily.
Zavitaja set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 25 May 2020.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 25 May 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zavitaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Amasia	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olenek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deqen	China	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Serov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troitsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 9 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zlikha	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Useless Loop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 25 May 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 25 May 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 2020

Top 20 records on 25 May 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 2020	Zavitaja, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Perrine 4W, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Abilene, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Oberlin, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Philo, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Amasia, AM	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Chapman, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Karesuando, SE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Olenek, RU	monthly high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	121 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Woodbury, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Lockport 2SE, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	McKinney Muni AP, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Deqen, CN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Serov, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 2020	Arcadia, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 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

1793 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 564 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	450
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1