Every tornado, hurricane, flood, blizzard, heat wave, record, earthquake, eruption, tsunami, wildfire and geomagnetic storm on record for March 25, in any year, each linked to its full record.
Every event with a place, colored by kind. Tap one to open its record.
By deaths, damage and strength together, across every archive.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico. It killed 2,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan. It killed 1,000 people, injured 200, destroyed 1,500 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes, McIntosh counties, Oklahoma and tracked 41.2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Holdenville to Lenna, OK.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Pemiscot, New Madrid counties, Missouri and tracked 25.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Portageville, MO.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 84.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Eufaula, OK to Mountainburg, AR.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama and tracked 15 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Birmingham to Avondale/Irondale, AL.
Tornadoes
An F3 tornado touched down in Anderson, Greenville counties, South Carolina and tracked 37.1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Seneca/S Pendleton/W Piedmont/Simpsonville, SC.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Texas County, Missouri and tracked 12.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
Earthquakes
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, Iran. It killed 30 people, injured 61 and did $5 million in damage.
Tornadoes
An EF3 tornado touched down in Calhoun, Cherokee counties, Alabama and tracked 38.17 miles, 1,700 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 10.
Tornadoes
28 tornadoes were recorded on March 25, 1884, in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee. They killed 30 people.
Tornadoes
An F4 tornado touched down in Eastland County, Texas and tracked 11.6 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Desdemona, TX.
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An F3 tornado touched down in Anderson, Greenville counties, South Carolina and tracked 37.1 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 9 and injuring 40. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: SE Seneca/S Pendleton/W Piedmont/Simpsonville, SC.
28 tornadoes were recorded on March 25, 1884, in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee. They killed 30 people.
An F3 tornado touched down in Franklin, Butler counties, Indiana and tracked 17.3 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Scipio, IN/Philanthropy to Seven Mile, OH.
An F2 tornado touched down in Laurel, Jackson counties, Kentucky and tracked 10.9 miles, 150 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: London/Pittsburg/Moores Creek, KY.
An F2 tornado touched down in Stanly, Montgomery counties, North Carolina and tracked 34.1 miles, 75 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Locust Level/Harrisville, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Warren, Montgomery, Greene counties, Ohio and tracked 25.6 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Lebanon/NW Xenia, OH.
An F2 tornado touched down in Catawba, Iredell counties, North Carolina and tracked 24.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 14. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Startown/E Newton, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Carroll County, Georgia and tracked 10.2 miles, 250 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: W Lowell/Whitesburg, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Harrison, Pendleton, Bracken counties, Kentucky and tracked 15.5 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 20. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Berry/Colemansville, KY.
An F2 tornado touched down in Chester County, South Carolina, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Chester, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Caldwell County, North Carolina, killing 1 and injuring 5. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lenoir, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall counties, Georgia and tracked 25.2 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Freemansville/New Holland, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Greenville County, South Carolina, killing 1 and injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NE Greenville, SC.
An F3 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Alabama and tracked 15 miles, 50 yards wide at its widest, killing 17 and injuring 100. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Birmingham to Avondale/Irondale, AL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Marion County, Georgia and tracked 4.9 miles, killing 2 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: S Buena Vista, GA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Granville County, North Carolina, killing 1 and injuring 8. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Creedmoor, NC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Darlington County, South Carolina and tracked 4.9 miles, killing 1 and injuring 6. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: NW Darlington, SC.
An F4 tornado touched down in Pemiscot, New Madrid counties, Missouri and tracked 25.1 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, killing 7 and injuring 30. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Portageville, MO.
An F2 tornado touched down in Polk County, Florida, killing 1 and injuring 7. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Kathleen, FL.
An F2 tornado touched down in Greenwood County, South Carolina, killing 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Greenwood, SC.
An F2 tornado touched down in Grant Parish, Louisiana and tracked 15.6 miles, killing 1 and injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Dry Prong/Georgetown, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Concordia Parish, Catahoula Parish, Tensas Parish, Louisiana and tracked 4 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 10. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Lee Bayou/Clayton, LA.
An F2 tornado touched down in Jefferson County, Texas and tracked 15.3 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 3 and injuring 23. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Fannett to Beaumont, TX.
An F2 tornado touched down in Rutherford, Cannon counties, Tennessee and tracked 18.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: E Murfreesboro/S Readyville/S Woodbury, TN.
An F2 tornado touched down in Massac County, Illinois and tracked 10.5 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 34. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Metropolis, IL.
An F3 tornado touched down in Montague County, Texas and tracked 7.6 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Mallard, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Hughes, McIntosh counties, Oklahoma and tracked 41.2 miles, 600 yards wide at its widest, killing 10 and injuring 25. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Holdenville to Lenna, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah counties, Oklahoma and tracked 84.9 miles, 400 yards wide at its widest, killing 4 and injuring 15. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: N Eufaula, OK to Mountainburg, AR.
An F3 tornado touched down in Muskogee County, Oklahoma and tracked 1.8 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 2. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Boynton, OK.
An F3 tornado touched down in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and tracked 0.9 miles, 200 yards wide at its widest, injuring 1. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Oklahoma City, OK.
An F4 tornado touched down in Eastland County, Texas and tracked 11.6 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, injuring 18. From Grazulis's record of significant tornadoes: Desdemona, TX.
An F4 tornado touched down in Texas County, Missouri and tracked 12.1 miles, 100 yards wide at its widest, killing 2.
An F3 tornado touched down in Saint Charles County, Missouri and tracked 21.6 miles, 20 yards wide at its widest.
An F3 tornado touched down in Carter, Reynolds, Wayne counties, Missouri and tracked 46 miles, 300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 26.
An F3 tornado touched down in Winston County, Alabama and tracked 5.4 miles, 267 yards wide at its widest, injuring 7.
Severe thunderstorms developed in western north Texas around mid-morning on the 25th, then moved eastward through late morning. These storms produced hail as large as quarters, reported near Lake Diversion in Baylor County.
Severe thunderstorms developed in western Oklahoma early on the morning of the 25th, then moved eastward across central and southern Oklahoma through late morning. These storms produced hail as large as two inches, reported five miles north of Altus in Jackson County.
8 air conditioning units on a school roof were destroyed.
Rainfall from mid afternoon into the early evening produced general amounts near 1 inch with scattered totals to 3 inches. Due to the saturated nature of soils across the county, brief flash flooding developed over low areas and low water crossings.
Hail at Lago Vista.
F0 tornado touched down in the southeastern part of Blackfoot near Robertson Street and moved up University and Schilling Streets before lifting near the State Fairgrounds. Four trees downed at St Paul's Episcopal Church on Schilling Street.
A pre-existing low level boundary, or weak front, was oriented from southwest to northeast across the west Texas South Plains region during the midday hours of the 25th.
A round of severe thunderstorms, containing tornadoes and damaging straight line winds, occurred Wednesday night, March 25, into early Thursday morning, March 26.
Several episodes of widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall occurred from March 26th through the 28th as a series of strong upper air disturbances impacted the central gulf region as a meandering and nearly stationary frontal boundary drifted back and forth across the area.
Several episodes of widespread severe weather and heavy rainfall occurred from March 26th through the 28th as a series of strong upper air disturbances impacted the central gulf region as a meandering and nearly stationary frontal boundary drifted back and forth across the area.
A weak cold front moved through the region during the overnight hours of March 24th and had stalled across southeast Texas into southwest and south central Louisiana.
A strong storm system and advancing cold front caused showers and thunderstorms to develop across Central Alabama late in the afternoon on the 25th. A couple of these storms became severe, and produced tornadoes.
Low topped supercell thunderstorms developed across northwest and north central Alabama ahead of a strong cold front and beneath a pronounced southwesterly upper level jet stream and dry slot.
A trough over the eastern Pacific dropped southward over the region bringing a series of shortwaves across interior Northern California. These shortwaves brought enough instability and moisture to produce tornadic supercells to interior NorCal.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours to the east of a surface low pressure system located over southwestern Oklahoma and near a stationary frontal boundary that was draped across northeastern Oklahoma.
An EF2 tornado touched down in Tulsa, Pawnee, Osage counties, Oklahoma and tracked 11.1 miles, 800 yards wide at its widest, killing 1 and injuring 30.
A strong upper level storm system moved across the Southern Plains during the late afternoon and evening. At the surface, a slow moving cold front and dryline served as foci for severe thunderstorm development.
Severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours to the east of a surface low pressure system located over southwestern Oklahoma and near a stationary frontal boundary that was draped across northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas.
A series of severe thunderstorms produced damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes across central and southern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening hours of March 25, 2015 and early morning hours of March 26th. One supercell thunderstorm tracked through parts of Canadian, Oklahoma, and Cleveland Counties, producing a small, weak anticyclonic tornado near Yukon. The storm later produced an embedded, intermittent, and small EF2 tornado within a larger area of damaging winds that affected parts southwest Oklahoma City and Moore. Some of hail reported during this severe weather event reached baseball size. A wind gust of 73 mph occurred at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Several rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms produced reports of wind damage and large hail across the Missouri Ozarks. One storm produced a brief tornado in northeast Dent county. Heavy rainfall from storms led to some minor flooding.
An upper level disturbance and cold front provided the focus for a few severe thunderstorms to occur across portions of the Midsouth during the early morning hours of March 25th.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Calhoun, Cherokee counties, Alabama and tracked 38.17 miles, 1,700 yards wide at its widest, killing 6 and injuring 10.
An EF4 tornado touched down in Heard, Coweta, Fayette counties, Georgia and tracked 38.56 miles, 1,850 yards wide at its widest.
A potent storm system affected Central Alabama on Thursday, March 25th. A highly-sheared environment combined with increasing instability produced numerous tornadic thunderstorms.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hale, Perry, Bibb counties, Alabama and tracked 79.66 miles, 2,300 yards wide at its widest, injuring 13.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Bibb, Shelby, St. Clair counties, Alabama and tracked 50.13 miles, 1,140 yards wide at its widest, injuring 5.
A very moist and moderately unstable airmass over the region combined with strong shear and persistent southwesterly mid and upper flow produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across north and parts of central Georgia through the day on the 25th into the morning of the 26th.
An EF3 tornado touched down in Hale, Tuscaloosa counties, Alabama and tracked 11.11 miles, 1,400 yards wide at its widest.
A potent weather system on March 25, 2021 led to an outbreak of supercells and tornadoes across Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, some of which were strong to violent.
This was the second high risk event.
Early in the day, low level wind shear was very strong. A stable layer over the area allowed a warm front to bring sunshine and warmer temperatures to the region, but the warming surface temperatures caused the stable layer to erode and become unstable.
A couple of strong upper level shortwaves impacted the area during the March 25-27 time frame, bringing with them a couple of rounds of severe weather with several reports of trees and power lines blown down along with some large hail.
As a low pressure system moved across the country, strong to severe thunderstorms developed and moved across portions of Mississippi. These storms produced damaging wind gusts, hail, flooding rainfall, and a tornado.
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Hurricane Sarah reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 983 mb, a category 4 storm.
Hurricane Halima reached its peak of 125 kt (145 mph) with a central pressure of 932 mb, a category 4 storm.
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Unseasonably warm temperatures rapidly melted a large amount of snow at the headwaters of Fortification Creek, resulting in flooding along the Creek. Nearly 80 residences were impacted by the flood, with some basements and garages flooded.
A mudslide 12 feet deep damaged a powerhouse switch yard at the Lake Cushman dam. The area received nearly 10 feet of rain since September 1998.
March 25-26, 2000 - Event NarrativeThunderstorms the afternoon and evening of the 25th, and early morning hours of the 26th.A cluster of severe storms developed over Young, Stephens, and Palo Pinto counties and moved east-southeast across north central Texas.
A large area of slow-moving showers and thunderstorms persisted for an extended period of time, producing up to an inch of rain per hour. Rainfall totals were around 3 inches on average, with locally higher amounts.
A strong upper low pushing into western Mexico, along with above normal precipitable water values and good upper level divergence combined for a heavy rain/flash flooding event across west Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
A low pressure system over the northeast corner of Arkansas moved northeast across western Kentucky. A large area of moderate to heavy rain over southern Illinois caused some minor flooding. One to two inches of rain fell in several hours.
Widespread heavy rain showers and scattered thunderstorms developed north of a warm front across western North Carolina throughout the 25th into the 26th.
As a low pressure system moved across the country, strong to severe thunderstorms developed and moved across portions of northeast Louisiana. These storms produced damaging wind gusts, hail, and flooding rainfall.
Rapid snowmelt due to warm temperatures caused the Silvies River to rise to 14.76 feet, about half a foot under the record of 15.2 feet.
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Hail damaged roofs and several cars. Windshields were broken out of a few.
A cluster of thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail a couple of miles southeast of Haynesville.
Dime-size hail lasted for about 10 minutes.
Quarter-size hail fell from Bascom north to the Georgia state line.
Trees were blown down and minor roof damage was caused by thunderstorms moving across the northern portion of Mobile County in the area of the Semmes Community. One person reported hail with the thunderstorms, but no size was available.
Several cars were damaged by golf ball-size hail.
On March 25, 1995, severe thunderstorms developed over western portions of Oklahoma during the morning hours. Hail, equal to or larger than golf balls, was reported from Laverne, down to near Altus.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
Strong gradient winds caused minor damage across Central Illinois and caused a bizzare accident which killed one person. Winds gusting to between 40 and 55 mph caused a bedliner and a concrete block to be blown from the bed of the pickup truck.
Strong south winds became southwest and gusted to 60 mph or locally higher just ahead of and with the passage of a cold front. Trees were downed, some on power lines. Power outages were extensive in some areas. Minor roof damage occurred in some areas along with downed signs.
A strong cold front swept through Western New York during the evening hours of the 25th. Strong south winds ahead of the front brought down trees, power lines and telephone lines. Velocities were measured as high as 74 mph.
A strong low pressure area tracked across northern Michigan during the morning on the 25th, with the cold front passing through southeast Michigan during the afternoon on the 25th.
Thunderstorm winds caused substantial damage to the roof of the River High School at Hannibal. A 6,400 square foot section of the roof on the southwest section of the building was peeled back. Also, a 13,000 square foot section of the roof over a gymnasium was damaged.
Strong winds caused 2 tractor-trailers carrying mobile homes to flip over closing U.S. Rte 33 for 2 hours and 40 minutes. One person received minor injuries. Several trees were blown down and a few windows were broken by flying debris.
A few trees were blown down across town.
The NWS survey indicated noted spotty roof damage and several trees knocked over in the town of Big Wells. Residents reported strong winds for 20 to 30 minutes, along with brief heavy rain and small hail. Similar damage was also noted along SH83 in northwest Dimmit County.
Extensive damage in Minidoka County from thunderstorm winds ahead of a cold front. A tree fell on a house in Rupert. A tree fell on a car in Minidoka. A roof was blown off a building in Rupert. Extensive power outages reported throughout the county.
Several power lines knocked down in the Pleasant Valley area of southwest Bingham County.
Large trees downed at Hawthorne and Quinn Road damaged power line. 10 power poles down near AMI off of interstate 15. Tree fell near Euclid avenue destroying garage. Tree fell on house hear Idaho State University.
20 power poles knocked down in Pleasant Valley area.
Several downed power lines in American Falls with power outages. Power line downed onto route 37 closed the road.
Extensive reports of trees downed in city of Blackfoot. Fences torn down in neighborhoods with debris causing damage.
Several trees reported downed in Oakley.
Air conditioner blown off roof and power lines down on 12th street in Pocatello.
A cold front stalled across South Central Texas on the morning of March 25th. The subtropical jet and a mid/upper-level short wave trough pushed into the region. Convection initiated across San Angelo's county warning area in the morning and spread to the southwest.
The first day in a three-day series of widespread severe weather across southwest Louisiana began when a squall line of severe thunderstorms developed across central Texas during the evening hours on 3/25/09.
Isolated elevated severe thunderstorms developed in association with an approaching shortwave. Hail up to the size of nickels was reported with these storms.
A round of severe thunderstorms, containing tornadoes and damaging straight line winds, occurred Wednesday night, March 25, into early Thursday morning, March 26.
A weak cold front moved through the region during the overnight hours of March 24th and had stalled across southeast Texas into southwest and south central Louisiana.
Gusty winds created large swells on Lake Ouachita on the 25th.
Scattered strong thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours on March 25 across southwest Louisiana. A few thunderstorms became severe as they raced east-northeastward at up to 70 mph, with numerous reports of large hail and wind damage.
As an area of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee, in association with a surface/upper air low pressure system moving across the area also, weather developed during the mid to late afternoon hours across several counties in the mid state that resulted in…
A strong area of low pressure moving along the Ohio River Valley combined with a slow moving high pressure center in the upper Great Lakes resulted in sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts over 40 mph in southeast Illinois.
Showers and a few storms moved through West Central Florida on the morning of the 25th. One of these storms produced a microburst that caused minor damage in Palmetto.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved into Mississippi early in the morning on March 25th and moved much of the state throughout the day. These storms primarily produced severe wind gusts which blew down trees and caused other damage.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved into northeast Louisiana early in the morning on March 25th and produced damaging wind gusts.
During the late evening hours of March 25th, a series of storms moved across south central Indiana. A warm front was situated along the Ohio River with plenty of lower and upper level shear, but a general lack of instability.
A strong low pressure system tracked through the Ohio Valley on the 25th and 26th, producing scattered thunderstorms and widespread strong winds. These winds caused numerous trees to be blown down and resulted in property damage and power outages.
A surface low pressure center tracked northeast through southeast Missouri into central Illinois during the afternoon and evening. The track of the low resulted in increasing low level winds in western Kentucky in the evening.
A strong low pressure system tracked through the Ohio Valley on the 25th and 26th, producing scattered thunderstorms and widespread strong winds. These winds caused numerous trees to be blown down and resulted in property damage and power outages.
A strong low pressure system in northern Indiana tracked through the Great Lakes region on Saturday, March 25.
Winds from the northwest gusting as high as 45 mph caused two inflatable bounce houses to be lifted and tossed into a fence in Brevard. Seven people received minor injuries.
Strong surface low pressure tracked across Michigan and into eastern Canada on the 25th, along a track that is climatologically favored for strong wind events in the Upper Ohio Valley. A crossing occluded boundary was a catalyst to start mixing strong wind to the surface.
A couple of strong upper level shortwaves impacted the area during the March 25-27 time frame, bringing with them a couple of rounds of severe weather with several reports of trees and power lines blown down along with some large hail.
Strong winds infiltrated the region on the afternoon of March 25th in the wake of a cold front. A tightened pressure gradient took residence over West Virginia during the early afternoon hours, which resulted in strong winds from aloft mixing down to the surface.
A strong low pressure system crossing into the Great Lakes region on March 25th sent a cold front through southeast Ohio during the late morning hours.
Strong southeasterly gradient winds gusting to 35-45 mph across Central Alabama in advance of an approaching cold front resulted in sporadic tree damage and isolated structural damage. In Bibb County, one person was killed after being hit by a falling tree limb.
Strong surface low pressure was moving through Kansas towards Iowa with a cold front stretching southward. Strong wind gusts of 40-55 mph were observed at several sites through the day in Southeast Missouri with the strongest measured gust 54 mph at the Cape Girardeau ASOS.
Scattered showers and storms developed along and ahead of a stalled boundary on Tuesday, March 25th into Wednesday, March 26th. Some storms produced severe hail in portions of North Texas, with the largest hail (2.25 inches) falling in Parker County early Wednesday morning.
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Snowstorm of March 25, 1975 was ranked category 3, Major, on NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, strongest in the Northern Rockies and Plains. It lasted from March 25, 1975 to March 31, 1975.
A 35 year old woman died in the blizzard west of Algona. She left Algona by car and became stuck in the snow. In an attempt to find help, she froze to death about 2 1/2 miles west of town.
A nor'easter that moved off the Delaware coast on the 25th dropped 1 to 4 inches of snow across the state with the highest snowfall in New Castle County.
Heavy snow fell across Kent and Sussex Counties in Delaware from the afternoon of the 25th into the early morning of the 26th. This was the last widespread measurable snow event of the winter season to affect the state.
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Most counties in the region received less than an inch of rain during the month and drought conditions continued to worsen. Many locations started the month in abnormally dry (D0) or moderate (D1) drought and ended the month in severe (D2) or extreme (D3) drought.
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A late cold snap in March 2013 dropped temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average for the middle part of the month. A low temperature record was broken at Wichita Falls, Texas when the March 25th morning low temperature dropped to 23 degrees.
From the National Weather Service in Norman, Oklahoma.
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The Threemile Fire started on March 25, 1985, in South Dakota, and burned 2,444 acres.
The Miami Fire started on March 25, 1988, in New Mexico, and burned 3,152 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 25, 1989, in Colorado, and burned 1,066 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 25, 1990, in Minnesota, and burned 1,368 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 25, 1991, in Missouri, and burned 1,334 acres.
The Unnamed Fire started on March 25, 1991, in Missouri, and burned 1,153 acres.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 25, 1992, in South Dakota, and burned 948 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Steamboat Fire was discovered on March 25, 1995, in Delaware, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 25, 1995, in Shannon County, Missouri, and burned 707 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Shallow Fire was discovered on March 25, 1998, in Oklahoma, and burned 3,410 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The SCRUB-J3.2 Fire was discovered on March 25, 1999, in Florida, and burned 1,084 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The MAC2 Fire was discovered on March 25, 2000, in North Dakota, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
The Butternut Fire was discovered on March 25, 2006, in Oklahoma, and burned 2,683 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Big Pines Fire was discovered on March 25, 2007, in Polk County, Florida, and burned 3,200 acres; the cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
The Bayou Lb Fire was discovered on March 25, 2007, in Mobile County, Alabama, and burned 1,209 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Stinking Creek Fire was discovered on March 25, 2007, in Campbell County, Tennessee, and burned 1,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The St Marys Fire was discovered on March 25, 2008, in Augusta County, Virginia, and burned 4,505 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 25, 2008, in Nebraska, and burned 1,100 acres; the cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
The Unnamed Fire was discovered on March 25, 2008, in Wichita County, Texas, and burned 1,100 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Dry fuels along with windy conditions help spread the human caused Geronimo Wildfire in Cochise County.
The Geronimo Fire was discovered on March 25, 2009, in Arizona, and burned 2,460 acres; the cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
The Montana Fire was discovered on March 25, 2009, in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and burned 2,455 acres; the cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
The Steve Dillon Fire was discovered on March 25, 2011, in Rice County, Kansas, and burned 2,000 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Near record breaking temperatures fueled a human caused fire near Chimayo.
The Shepards Trail Fire was discovered on March 25, 2013, in Perry County, Mississippi, and burned 3,964 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Storm Front Fire was reported on March 25, 2015, in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,800 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Dogga Creek Fire was reported on March 25, 2016, in Osage County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,283 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Ewb Fire was reported on March 25, 2020, in Barber County, Kansas, and burned 5,500 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
Dry air and unusually warm temperatures produced extremely low relative humidity for several days. These dry conditions combined with breezy winds to produce critical fire weather conditions.
The Das Goat Fire was reported on March 25, 2022, in Medina County, Texas, and burned 1,092 acres.
The Wolf Creek Fire was reported on March 25, 2022, in Okaloosa County, Florida, and burned 1,078 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
The Double Gate Fire was reported on March 25, 2023, in Volusia County, Florida, and burned 3,211 acres; the cause was recorded as natural.
The Alarka #5 Fire was reported on March 25, 2025, in Swain County, North Carolina, and burned 1,575 acres.
The Paramount Fire was reported on March 25, 2026, in Kings County, California, and burned 1,280 acres.
The Zipperer Fire was reported on March 25, 2026, in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and burned 1,216 acres; the cause was recorded as human.
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A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Jalisco,oaxaca,michoacan, Mexico. It killed 2,000 people and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
An earthquake struck Santa Barbara, California, United States. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Central, Chile. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Off Coast North Island, New Zealand. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Turkey. It killed 2 people and injured 6.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Turkey. It killed 30 people and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, Iran. It killed 30 people, injured 61 and did $5 million in damage.
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Puntarenas, San Jose, Costa Rica. It injured 15 and destroyed 8 houses. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck NE, Datong, China. It injured 131 and destroyed 1,328 houses.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Washington-Oregon Border, United States. It did $28.4 million in damage.
S. state of Oregon on March 25 at 5:34 AM Pacific Standard Time.
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A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Balleny Islands, Antarctica. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Baghlan, Nahrin, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan. It killed 1,000 people, injured 200, destroyed 1,500 houses and did extreme (about $25 million or more) damage.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Reo, Flores, Indonesia. It killed 4 people and injured 20.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Phuentsholing, Bhutan.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Erzurum, Turkey. It killed 10 people, injured 46 and destroyed 45 houses.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Southern, Iran. It killed 1 person and injured 1.
The 2007 Noto Peninsula earthquake (能登半島地震) occurred on March 25, 2007, in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck W Coast, Honshu, Japan. It killed 1 person, injured 359, destroyed 13,556 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Argostolion, Kefallinia, Greece.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Parral, Santiago, Chile. It killed 1 person, injured 14 and did $100 million in damage.
The 2012 Constitución earthquake was recorded on March 25, 2012, at 7:37 pm local time. 1 and its epicenter was located 23 km (14 mi) northeast of the city of Constitución, in the Maule Region, Chile.
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This is a list of earthquakes in 2020. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for other reasons.
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Earthquake in Russia.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Kuril Islands, Russia. It caused a tsunami.
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Off West Coast of South Island, New Zealand. It caused a tsunami.
1 on March 25, oldest first.
Myojinsho, Japan erupted with a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 2. The eruption caused a tsunami.
10 on March 25, oldest first.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake struck Santa Barbara, S. California, United States.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Central Chile, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami with a source recorded as earthquake and landslide struck Off Coast of North Island, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 10 meters.
A tsunami with a source recorded as volcano struck Myojinsho Submarine Volcano, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.05 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Costa Rica, with a maximum water height of 1 meters. It injured 15 and destroyed 8 houses.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Balleny Islands, Antarctica, with a maximum water height of 0.08 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck W Coast, Honshu, Japan, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters. It killed 1 person, injured 359, destroyed 13,556 houses and did severe (about $5 to $25 million) damage.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Vanuatu Islands, with a maximum water height of 0.08 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck N. Kuril Islands, Russia, with a maximum water height of 0.25 meters.
A tsunami caused by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Puysegur Trench, New Zealand, with a maximum water height of 0.1 meters.
13 on March 25, oldest first.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1934, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 22; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1936, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 19; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1957, reached Kp 6 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 31; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 55 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1958, reached Kp 6 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 33; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 55 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1959, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 18 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 31; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1965, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 20; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1969, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 22; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1981, reached Kp 6- and lasted 27 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 37; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 57 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1983, reached Kp 6+ and lasted 12 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 50; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 53 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1986, reached Kp 5+ and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 27; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 58 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 1990, reached Kp 6 and lasted 30 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 41; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 55 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 2021, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 17; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
A G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm began March 25, 2026, reached Kp 5 and lasted 3 hours, with a daily Ap as high as 15; at that Kp the aurora may be seen from about 60 degrees geomagnetic latitude.
1 on March 25, oldest first.
A severe storm disaster that cost $2.4 billion in 2024 dollars, on NOAA’s billion-dollar list. It lasted from March 25, 2009 to March 28, 2009.
11 on March 25, oldest first.
A Baptist church at Marion Junction was struck by lightning and totally destroyed in the ensuing fire. The fire department responded to a call at 8:00 am so the lightning strike was estimated to have occurred around 7:45 am.
A school group from Calgary, Alberta was visiting Black Sands Beach near Shelter Cove. A rogue wave swept the female victim out to sea. Four other members of the group attempted a rescue but were overcome by waves and currents.
A house fire set by lightning injured 4 in downtown Palatka.
Large long period northerly swells invaded the coastal waters and created |rough marine conditions, high surf, rip currents and coastal floods from the afternoon of Wednesday March 25th through the weekend.
A strong thunderstorm produced a destructive lightning strike which hit a house and completely burned it down.
A thunderstorm with frequent lightning moved across Hobe Sound. Lightning in advance of the storm struck in man who was outdoors at a State Park. The man was transported to a local hospital and later died.
A 14 year old female died of injuries sustained when a sneaker wave caused a log to roll onto her.
A rogue wave capsized a boat of unknown size near Port Aransas on Saturday morning. The capsizing of the boat resulted when another boat of unknown size crashed into it, possibly causing it to sink. Eight people were rescued from the water by the USCG.
High winds and a spring tidal cycle combined to create very rough surf at area beaches.
A strong easterly wind flow resulted in hazardous marine and coastal conditions across northern Puerto Rico. This translated in a high rip current risk for many of the local beaches.
A fisherman on Rodeo Beach in Marin County was swept out to sea by a sneaker wave Tuesday afternoon with his body recovered at 3:30PM.
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