Weather Records on 8 February 1923

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1923. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 February 1923

On 8 February 1923, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 41 daily.
Venterstad set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 8 February 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 8 February 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1923 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 14, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 February 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 February 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 41.

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 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1923

Top 20 records on 8 February 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1923	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Bathurst, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Concord, US	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Newport, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Joseph, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Moose Factory, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	29.2 C (84.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	43 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Moose Factory, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Lowell, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Gardiner, US	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Lawrence, US	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	15 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1923	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	13 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

1798 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1923. 1923 had 41 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	33
20 to 40	0
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1