Weather Records on 16 February 1919

201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1919. Highest significance: Kadina, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1919

On 16 February 1919, 201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 173 daily.
Kadina set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 16 February 1919.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

201 stations

201 station records on 16 February 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Kingswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warnertown (Willow Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trainors Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

201 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 16 February 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 February 1919 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 173.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

197 broken records

Margins by which the 197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1919

Top 20 records on 16 February 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1919	Kadina, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1919	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1919	Melrose, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Carrieton (Eurelia), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Redhill, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Angaston, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Quorn (Kingswood), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Bute (Ninnes), AU	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Truro, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Mount Barker, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1919	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)

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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 201 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 25	142
25 to 50	48
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1