Weather Records on 1 February 1917

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1917. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1917

On 1 February 1917, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 67 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 75.7 mm (3.0 in) on 1 February 1917.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 1 February 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog (Cooreii)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Brewarrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Killalpaninna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Tragowell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1917 by type: Lowest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 1 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 1 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

64 broken records

Margins by which the 64 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1917

Top 20 records on 1 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1917	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1917	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Dungog (Cooreii), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Plauen, DE	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	7 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Narrandera (Brewarrana), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Galway, IE	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Kiev, UA	daily low max	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Zametchino, RU	monthly low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	4 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Elliston, AU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1917	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	14 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

1795 to 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1917. 1917 had 69 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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 10	51
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1