Weather Records on 25 May 1958

439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 May 1958. Highest significance: Lowestoft, GB.

Key Facts for 25 May 1958

On 25 May 1958, 439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 428 daily.
Lowestoft set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 25 May 1958.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

439 stations

439 station records on 25 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Musselboro (Applico)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pathardi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

439 records

Records set or tied on 25 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 25 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 25 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 May 1958

Top 20 records on 25 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 May 1958	Lowestoft, GB	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Shirpur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Thathaiengarpet, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Barkly, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Great Western (Seppelt), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Muenster, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Rock Hall, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	89 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 May 1958	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1958	High Pt, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1958	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1958	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 May 1958	Kindred (Invergordon), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1958. 1958 had 439 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 10	281
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1