Weather Records on 16 February 1911

47 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1911. Highest significance: Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1911

On 16 February 1911, 47 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 44 daily.
Gabo Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 16 February 1911.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

47 stations

47 station records on 16 February 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong (Comberoond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kyamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

47 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1911 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 31.

Records on 16 February 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 February 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1911

Top 20 records on 16 February 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1911	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Dubuque River, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Varberg, SE	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	49 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Dandenong (Comberoond), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Beenak, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	42 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Vanersborg, SE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Kiev, UA	daily low max	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1911	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	27 years	15 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

1794 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1911. 1911 had 47 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 5	28
5 to 10	4
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1