Weather Records on 19 February 1936

1,310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1936. Highest significance: Ramachandrapuram, IN.

Key Facts for 19 February 1936

On 19 February 1936, 1,310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 1,003 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,283 daily.
Ramachandrapuram set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 19 February 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,310 stations

1,310 station records on 19 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajahmundry	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaikalur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malakapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	233.0 cm (91.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,310 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 519, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 484, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 19 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	519
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	484
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 19 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 12, daily 1,283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,117 broken records

Margins by which the 1,117 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2667.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1936

Top 20 records on 19 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1936	Ramachandrapuram, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	247.1 mm (9.7 in)	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Kamalpur, IN	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Fairfield, US	daily snow depth	393.7 cm (155.0 in)	266.7 cm (105.0 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Keosauqua, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Alamur(Alamar), IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Yellavaram, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Mount Torrens, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Santaravur, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Bhimunipatnam, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Rajahmundry, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Kaikalur, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Saint Ignatius, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1936	Pendraka, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	36 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 1,310 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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 500	1,114
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	1
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1