Weather Records on 25 August 2021

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 August 2021. Highest significance: Elizabeth Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 25 August 2021

On 25 August 2021, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 582 daily.
Elizabeth Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.0 mm (2.1 in) on 25 August 2021.
Across 168 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 25 August 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 August 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elizabeth Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Point Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa	Finland	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joutsa Leivonmaki Savenaho	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kusmark_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parkville (Aroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Jacksons Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinola Asemantaus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vesanto Sonkari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Poitrel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans (Espie St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akureyri	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kitt Peak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kouvola Utti Lentoportintie	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wlodawa	Poland	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benambra (the Brothers)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erenhot	China	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyvinkaa Hyvinkaankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jyvaskyla Muuratjarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nantucket Mem AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jurh	China	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indiana Dunes Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk Chautauqua Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 25 August 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 25 August 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 August 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 582.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 August 2021

Top 20 records on 25 August 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 August 2021	Elizabeth Downs, AU	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 August 2021	Point Stuart, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Howard Springs, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa, FI	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Joutsa Leivonmaki Savenaho, FI	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	124 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Kusmark_D, SE	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Castle Rock, US	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Parkville (Aroona), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	118 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Pokolbin (Jacksons Hill), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Turgaj, KZ	daily high max	36.6 C (97.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Yates Ctr, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Narva, EE	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 August 2021	Heinola Asemantaus, FI	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2021. 2021 had 597 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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Data for records on 2021-08-25: 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	377
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1