Weather Records on 8 February 1911

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1911. Highest significance: Wentworth Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1911

On 8 February 1911, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 38 daily.
Wentworth Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 171.7 mm (6.8 in) on 8 February 1911.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 8 February 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplitah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Murdeduke)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Piangil (Burra Burra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 8 February 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 February 1911 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1911

Top 20 records on 8 February 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1911	Wentworth Post Office, AU	all-time rain	171.7 mm (6.8 in)	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1911	Dimboola, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Glenthompson (Brie Brie), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Bindara (Netley), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	all-time rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Poplitah, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Ararat Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1911	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Mortlake, AU	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Stawell, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Berrybank, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Winchelsea (Murdeduke), AU	all-time rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Menindee (Weinteriga), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1911	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	26 years	20 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

1798 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1911. 1911 had 47 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	33
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1