Weather Records on 12 May 2025

940 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 2025. Highest significance: Brooklet 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 12 May 2025

On 12 May 2025, 940 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
674 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 908 daily.
Brooklet 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 175.3 mm (6.9 in) on 12 May 2025.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

940 stations

940 station records on 12 May 2025 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 2025: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goloson Intl	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlet	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harry L Englebright Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wateree Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

940 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 2025 by type: Highest daily maximum 301, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 373, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 12 May 2025 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	301
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	373
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 12 May 2025 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 908.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

781 broken records

Margins by which the 781 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 2025

Top 20 records on 12 May 2025 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 2025	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	147.9 mm (5.8 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2025	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2025	Pelion 0.8 NW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2025	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 2025	Cherry Point MCAS, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	New Bern - ASOS, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Goloson Intl, HN	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Orlando Sanford AP, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Fort Huachuca, US	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	116 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Hamlet, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Jennings, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Leesville, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Laketown, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Leech Lake, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Thief River Falls, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	Dunn Ctr 1E, US	monthly high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 2025	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	82 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

1814 to 2025

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 2025. 2025 had 940 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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 20	753
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1