Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025

Name: Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025
Start: 2025-02-14
End: 2025-02-21
Location: Australia

Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025: 226 records at 134 stations, peak on 16 February 2025. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025 set or tied 226 station records at 134 stations.
It ran from 14 February 2025 to 21 February 2025 (8 days) and its peak day was 16 February 2025.
Status: closed.
Canberra Forestry set a daily record low minimum temperature of 3.2 C (37.8 F) on 16 February 2025.
The busiest day was 16 February 2025 with 90 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 76 years.

Footprint

14 to 21 February 2025

The area covered by Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025 is outlined, with 19 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Canberra Forestry	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2025-02-16
Launceston Airport	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2025-02-15
Mount Buller	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	2025-02-15
Cabramurra Smhea	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	2025-02-16
Burrinjuck Dam	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2025-02-16
Charleville Aero	Record low minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	2025-02-19
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2025-02-16
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	2025-02-16
Castlemaine Prison	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	2025-02-16
Narooma Rvcp	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	2025-02-16
Bollon Mary St	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2025-02-17
Kyabram Dpi	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2025-02-17
Menindee Post Office	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2025-02-16
Broken Hill Airport AWS	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	2025-02-16
Balranald (Rsl)	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2025-02-16
Peak Hill Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2025-02-16
Cessnock Airport AWS	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2025-02-17
Cleve	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2025-02-18
Cunnamulla Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	2025-02-17

Records per Day

Peak day 90

Records set or tied each day from 14 February 2025 to 21 February 2025. The most in one day was 90 on 16 February 2025.

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025 ranked by margin
Mount Buller, 02-15	8.2 C (14.8 F)
Balranald (Rsl), 02-16	3.9 C (7.0 F)
Narooma Rvcp, 02-16	3.8 C (6.8 F)
Cabramurra Smhea, 02-16	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd), 02-16	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Burrinjuck Dam, 02-16	3.1 C (5.6 F)
Canberra Forestry, 02-16	2.9 C (5.2 F)
Cessnock Airport AWS, 02-17	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Cleve, 02-18	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Peak Hill Post Office, 02-16	2.1 C (3.8 F)
Broken Hill Airport AWS, 02-16	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Launceston Airport, 02-15	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Bollon Mary St, 02-17	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Menindee Post Office, 02-16	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Gabo Island Lighthouse, 02-16	1.5 C (2.7 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

226 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.9	76
1.8	76
1.0	74
3.6	63
3.1	58
8.2	34
3.3	58
1.5	57
0.5	45
1.8	62
1.0	61
3.8	20
0.2	45
2.2	66
1.7	66
1.9	63
3.9	46
2.1	58
2.3	54
0.9	64
0.7	63
2.6	50
0.8	62
2.7	48
0.8	62
1.2	61
0.4	63
0.5	65
1.4	59
0.2	68
0.3	60
1.3	50
2.0	53
2.5	46
2.4	37
0.6	58
3.3	34
0.1	58
3.7	34
3.8	34
0.8	50
1.8	37
3.8	24
1.8	37
1.7	33
0.4	26
3.4	31
3.2	24
1.8	34
0.3	26
0.7	50
0.1	29
1.2	39
1.8	29
0.5	46
1.4	37
0.9	29
0.7	46
0.9	42
1.2	34
0.8	40
0.1	20
1.5	0
2.5	33
0.4	45
2.6	29
1.3	29
3.6	24
1.0	39
3.8	24
2.9	34
2.6	33
1.6	27
1.8	25
1.0	39
2.8	29
0.2	7
1.1	34
1.3	34
2.9	27
0.3	16
0.7	33
1.5	26
0.3	16
0.9	34
0.6	34
1.4	34
0.5	37
1.8	29
1.8	29
1.3	31
2.2	24
1.1	29
1.0	34
2.3	20
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.9	34
0.8	33
1.4	26
1.0	29
0.9	27
1.4	2
4.5	7
0.9	27
1.7	33
1.9	20
3.8	15
1.7	29
0.8	34
2.3	29
0.3	35
1.5	31
0.5	34
0.8	29
0.9	24
1.1	29
1.1	33
0.4	27
0.8	24
3.0	24
0.9	34
0.9	34
0.5	34
0.3	34
1.0	27
1.2	20
1.3	20
0.5	34
1.2	29
2.0	27
2.2	12
0.1	27
2.4	16
1.5	25
2.1	7
0.2	27
3.0	20
1.8	14
1.6	20
1.3	20
0.3	27
0.4	27
1.1	32
3.2	15
1.0	20
0.9	23
1.2	27
0.9	27
2.1	23
1.0	27
0.2	34
0.3	34
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.3	30
1.6	16
1.9	20
2.1	20
0.3	33
0.9	27
2.0	24
0.7	27
2.2	18
0.4	27
0.3	29
0.7	25
1.0	14
0.1	25
0.2	31
1.1	15
0.2	14
2.0	7
0.9	24
2.3	15
3.7	1
0.5	27
1.6	23
1.7	9
3.1	5
0.3	31
0.1	29
0.2	29
1.3	9
2.4	9
0.2	27
1.2	20
0.9	23
0.8	20
1.1	16
0.2	26
0.9	17
0.8	15
0.3	8
2.2	15
0.9	20
0.8	20
1.8	8
0.4	21
0.4	23

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025 (this event)	226 records

Every Record Set

20 of 226

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in Australia, 14 to 21 February 2025, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2025-02-15	Launceston Airport	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76	34 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-15	Mount Buller	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	34	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Canberra Forestry	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	76	38 of 100 (Notable)
2025-02-16	Cabramurra Smhea	Record low minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	63	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Burrinjuck Dam	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	58	33 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58	31 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Gabo Island Lighthouse	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	57	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Castlemaine Prison	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45	30 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Narooma Rvcp	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	20	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Menindee Post Office	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Broken Hill Airport AWS	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	63	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Balranald (Rsl)	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-16	Peak Hill Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	58	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-17	Bollon Mary St	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	62	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-17	Kyabram Dpi	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	45	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-17	Cessnock Airport AWS	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	54	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-17	Cunnamulla Post Office	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	64	27 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-18	Charleville Aero	Record low minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	61	29 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-18	Cleve	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	66	28 of 100 (Routine)
2025-02-19	Charleville Aero	Record low minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	74	33 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 226 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Date	Records
2025-02-14	1
2025-02-15	39
2025-02-16	90
2025-02-17	54
2025-02-18	18
2025-02-19	8
2025-02-20	6
2025-02-21	10

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.9	76
1.8	76
1.0	74
3.6	63
3.1	58
8.2	34
3.3	58
1.5	57
0.5	45
1.8	62
1.0	61
3.8	20
0.2	45
2.2	66
1.7	66
1.9	63
3.9	46
2.1	58
2.3	54
0.9	64
0.7	63
2.6	50
0.8	62
2.7	48
0.8	62
1.2	61
0.4	63
0.5	65
1.4	59
0.2	68
0.3	60
1.3	50
2.0	53
2.5	46
2.4	37
0.6	58
3.3	34
0.1	58
3.7	34
3.8	34
0.8	50
1.8	37
3.8	24
1.8	37
1.7	33
0.4	26
3.4	31
3.2	24
1.8	34
0.3	26
0.7	50
0.1	29
1.2	39
1.8	29
0.5	46
1.4	37
0.9	29
0.7	46
0.9	42
1.2	34
0.8	40
0.1	20
1.5	0
2.5	33
0.4	45
2.6	29
1.3	29
3.6	24
1.0	39
3.8	24
2.9	34
2.6	33
1.6	27
1.8	25
1.0	39
2.8	29
0.2	7
1.1	34
1.3	34
2.9	27
0.3	16
0.7	33
1.5	26
0.3	16
0.9	34
0.6	34
1.4	34
0.5	37
1.8	29
1.8	29
1.3	31
2.2	24
1.1	29
1.0	34
2.3	20
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.9	34
0.8	33
1.4	26
1.0	29
0.9	27
1.4	2
4.5	7
0.9	27
1.7	33
1.9	20
3.8	15
1.7	29
0.8	34
2.3	29
0.3	35
1.5	31
0.5	34
0.8	29
0.9	24
1.1	29
1.1	33
0.4	27
0.8	24
3.0	24
0.9	34
0.9	34
0.5	34
0.3	34
1.0	27
1.2	20
1.3	20
0.5	34
1.2	29
2.0	27
2.2	12
0.1	27
2.4	16
1.5	25
2.1	7
0.2	27
3.0	20
1.8	14
1.6	20
1.3	20
0.3	27
0.4	27
1.1	32
3.2	15
1.0	20
0.9	23
1.2	27
0.9	27
2.1	23
1.0	27
0.2	34
0.3	34
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.3	30
1.6	16
1.9	20
2.1	20
0.3	33
0.9	27
2.0	24
0.7	27
2.2	18
0.4	27
0.3	29
0.7	25
1.0	14
0.1	25
0.2	31
1.1	15
0.2	14
2.0	7
0.9	24
2.3	15
3.7	1
0.5	27
1.6	23
1.7	9
3.1	5
0.3	31
0.1	29
0.2	29
1.3	9
2.4	9
0.2	27
1.2	20
0.9	23
0.8	20
1.1	16
0.2	26
0.9	17
0.8	15
0.3	8
2.2	15
0.9	20
0.8	20
1.8	8
0.4	21
0.4	23

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.9	76
1.8	76
1.0	74
3.6	63
3.1	58
8.2	34
3.3	58
1.5	57
0.5	45
1.8	62
1.0	61
3.8	20
0.2	45
2.2	66
1.7	66
1.9	63
3.9	46
2.1	58
2.3	54
0.9	64
0.7	63
2.6	50
0.8	62
2.7	48
0.8	62
1.2	61
0.4	63
0.5	65
1.4	59
0.2	68
0.3	60
1.3	50
2.0	53
2.5	46
2.4	37
0.6	58
3.3	34
0.1	58
3.7	34
3.8	34
0.8	50
1.8	37
3.8	24
1.8	37
1.7	33
0.4	26
3.4	31
3.2	24
1.8	34
0.3	26
0.7	50
0.1	29
1.2	39
1.8	29
0.5	46
1.4	37
0.9	29
0.7	46
0.9	42
1.2	34
0.8	40
0.1	20
1.5	0
2.5	33
0.4	45
2.6	29
1.3	29
3.6	24
1.0	39
3.8	24
2.9	34
2.6	33
1.6	27
1.8	25
1.0	39
2.8	29
0.2	7
1.1	34
1.3	34
2.9	27
0.3	16
0.7	33
1.5	26
0.3	16
0.9	34
0.6	34
1.4	34
0.5	37
1.8	29
1.8	29
1.3	31
2.2	24
1.1	29
1.0	34
2.3	20
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.9	34
0.8	33
1.4	26
1.0	29
0.9	27
1.4	2
4.5	7
0.9	27
1.7	33
1.9	20
3.8	15
1.7	29
0.8	34
2.3	29
0.3	35
1.5	31
0.5	34
0.8	29
0.9	24
1.1	29
1.1	33
0.4	27
0.8	24
3.0	24
0.9	34
0.9	34
0.5	34
0.3	34
1.0	27
1.2	20
1.3	20
0.5	34
1.2	29
2.0	27
2.2	12
0.1	27
2.4	16
1.5	25
2.1	7
0.2	27
3.0	20
1.8	14
1.6	20
1.3	20
0.3	27
0.4	27
1.1	32
3.2	15
1.0	20
0.9	23
1.2	27
0.9	27
2.1	23
1.0	27
0.2	34
0.3	34
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.3	30
1.6	16
1.9	20
2.1	20
0.3	33
0.9	27
2.0	24
0.7	27
2.2	18
0.4	27
0.3	29
0.7	25
1.0	14
0.1	25
0.2	31
1.1	15
0.2	14
2.0	7
0.9	24
2.3	15
3.7	1
0.5	27
1.6	23
1.7	9
3.1	5
0.3	31
0.1	29
0.2	29
1.3	9
2.4	9
0.2	27
1.2	20
0.9	23
0.8	20
1.1	16
0.2	26
0.9	17
0.8	15
0.3	8
2.2	15
0.9	20
0.8	20
1.8	8
0.4	21
0.4	23

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
2.9	76
1.8	76
1.0	74
3.6	63
3.1	58
8.2	34
3.3	58
1.5	57
0.5	45
1.8	62
1.0	61
3.8	20
0.2	45
2.2	66
1.7	66
1.9	63
3.9	46
2.1	58
2.3	54
0.9	64
0.7	63
2.6	50
0.8	62
2.7	48
0.8	62
1.2	61
0.4	63
0.5	65
1.4	59
0.2	68
0.3	60
1.3	50
2.0	53
2.5	46
2.4	37
0.6	58
3.3	34
0.1	58
3.7	34
3.8	34
0.8	50
1.8	37
3.8	24
1.8	37
1.7	33
0.4	26
3.4	31
3.2	24
1.8	34
0.3	26
0.7	50
0.1	29
1.2	39
1.8	29
0.5	46
1.4	37
0.9	29
0.7	46
0.9	42
1.2	34
0.8	40
0.1	20
1.5	0
2.5	33
0.4	45
2.6	29
1.3	29
3.6	24
1.0	39
3.8	24
2.9	34
2.6	33
1.6	27
1.8	25
1.0	39
2.8	29
0.2	7
1.1	34
1.3	34
2.9	27
0.3	16
0.7	33
1.5	26
0.3	16
0.9	34
0.6	34
1.4	34
0.5	37
1.8	29
1.8	29
1.3	31
2.2	24
1.1	29
1.0	34
2.3	20
0.6	34
1.0	34
0.9	34
0.8	33
1.4	26
1.0	29
0.9	27
1.4	2
4.5	7
0.9	27
1.7	33
1.9	20
3.8	15
1.7	29
0.8	34
2.3	29
0.3	35
1.5	31
0.5	34
0.8	29
0.9	24
1.1	29
1.1	33
0.4	27
0.8	24
3.0	24
0.9	34
0.9	34
0.5	34
0.3	34
1.0	27
1.2	20
1.3	20
0.5	34
1.2	29
2.0	27
2.2	12
0.1	27
2.4	16
1.5	25
2.1	7
0.2	27
3.0	20
1.8	14
1.6	20
1.3	20
0.3	27
0.4	27
1.1	32
3.2	15
1.0	20
0.9	23
1.2	27
0.9	27
2.1	23
1.0	27
0.2	34
0.3	34
0.5	27
0.1	27
0.3	30
1.6	16
1.9	20
2.1	20
0.3	33
0.9	27
2.0	24
0.7	27
2.2	18
0.4	27
0.3	29
0.7	25
1.0	14
0.1	25
0.2	31
1.1	15
0.2	14
2.0	7
0.9	24
2.3	15
3.7	1
0.5	27
1.6	23
1.7	9
3.1	5
0.3	31
0.1	29
0.2	29
1.3	9
2.4	9
0.2	27
1.2	20
0.9	23
0.8	20
1.1	16
0.2	26
0.9	17
0.8	15
0.3	8
2.2	15
0.9	20
0.8	20
1.8	8
0.4	21
0.4	23