Weather Records on 15 February 1918

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1918. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 15 February 1918

On 15 February 1918, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 54 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 15 February 1918.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 15 February 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog (Cooreii)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tomago	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 15 February 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 February 1918 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1918

Top 20 records on 15 February 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1918	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1918	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Dungog (Cooreii), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Marfield, AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	New Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	42 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1918	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	28 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1918. 1918 had 57 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	41
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1