Weather Records on 1 February 1928

281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1928. Highest significance: Kadina, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1928

On 1 February 1928, 281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 277 daily.
Kadina set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 1 February 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

281 stations

281 station records on 1 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

281 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 1 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 1 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1928

Top 20 records on 1 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1928	Kadina, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Roseworthy Agric College, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Maitland, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Moonta, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Ardrossan (Winulta), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Redhill, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Yacka, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Magill Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Stirling, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Nuriootpa, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1928	Woodside, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 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

1795 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 281 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	179
10 to 20	51
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1