Weather Records on 7 February 1918

37 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1918. Highest significance: Fairlight Station, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1918

On 7 February 1918, 37 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 37 daily.
Fairlight Station set a daily record precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 7 February 1918.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

37 stations

37 station records on 7 February 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

37 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 7 February 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 February 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 37.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1918

Top 20 records on 7 February 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1918	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Woodford Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Kiev, UA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Concordia ASOS, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Uccle, BE	daily rain	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	8 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Qu'appelle, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	10 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	10 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1918	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 years	12 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

1803 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1918. 1918 had 37 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 7 February 1918
Margin	Records
0 to 10	30
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2