Weather Records on 8 February 1928

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1928. Highest significance: Lysebotn, NO.

Key Facts for 8 February 1928

On 8 February 1928, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 254 daily.
Lysebotn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 149.0 mm (5.9 in) on 8 February 1928.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 8 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia Shawmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 8 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 8 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1928

Top 20 records on 8 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1928	Lysebotn, NO	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Geilo, NO	monthly rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Maristova, NO	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Provincetown 3 NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Laidley Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Norddal, NO	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1928	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1928	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1928	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1928	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1928	New London, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1928. 1928 had 263 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 25	191
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1