Weather Records on 7 February 1939

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1939. Highest significance: Lichtenburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 February 1939

On 7 February 1939, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 241 daily.
Lichtenburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.6 mm (4.7 in) on 7 February 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 7 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Youhl Plain Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee (Weinteriga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1939

Top 20 records on 7 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1939	Lichtenburg, ZA	monthly rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1939	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	2.3 C (36.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Susendal, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Nanaimo, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Armagh, GB	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	all-time snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Jerome, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Toora, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Zugspitze, DE	monthly high min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Saentis, CH	daily high max	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	54 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1939	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	25 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

1803 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1939. 1939 had 252 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	194
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1