Weather Records on 25 February 2016

875 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 2016. Highest significance: Cape Bridgewater, AU.

Key Facts for 25 February 2016

On 25 February 2016, 875 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 792 daily.
Cape Bridgewater set a daily record precipitation of 44.0 mm (1.7 in) on 25 February 2016.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

875 stations

875 station records on 25 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Downsville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua 4 N Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier (Blue Lake Holid	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Surry Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmoore	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolu	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Elverton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahanoy City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malone	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

875 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 265, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 25 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	265
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 25 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 83, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 2016

Top 20 records on 25 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 2016	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Watertown, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	74 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Fulton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Drik Drik, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Millicent, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Ketchikan AP, US	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Keene, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	116 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 February 2016	Beachport, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Hamburg, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Harwell, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Mount Schank (Jethia), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Yarra Creek, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Ft Kent, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Downsville Dam, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Mount Gambier Aero, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 2016	Launceston Airport, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	52 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

1794 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 875 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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Data for records on 2016-02-25: 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 50	761
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1