Weather Records on 1 February 1934

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1934. Highest significance: Gatcombe Head, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1934

On 1 February 1934, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
198 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 501 daily.
Gatcombe Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 302.3 mm (11.9 in) on 1 February 1934.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 1 February 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Furracabad (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 1 February 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 1 February 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1934

Top 20 records on 1 February 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1934	Gatcombe Head, AU	monthly rain	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Thornlea, ZA	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Redbank Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Raglan, AU	daily rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Dutton Park, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Morningside, AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Beulah, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1934	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 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

1795 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 515 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 50	404
50 to 100	54
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1