Weather Records on 16 February 1928

495 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1928. Highest significance: Dunkeld, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1928

On 16 February 1928, 495 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 469 daily.
Dunkeld set an all-time record daily precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 16 February 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

495 stations

495 station records on 16 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manna Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Yandama Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mallan (Niemur Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chowilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

495 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 16 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 16 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 19, daily 469.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1928

Top 20 records on 16 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1928	Dunkeld, AU	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1928	Koonamore, AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1928	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1928	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Manna Hill, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Shelford, AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Wahgunyah, AU	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Milparinka (Yandama Downs), AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Neds Corner Homestead, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Elaine (Larundel), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1928	Anakie, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	44 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 495 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 20	360
20 to 40	79
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3