Weather Records on 10 February 1939

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1939. Highest significance: Elgin Water, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1939

On 10 February 1939, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 904 daily.
Elgin Water set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 10 February 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 10 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Gibson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 383, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 10 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	383
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 10 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 904.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1939

Top 20 records on 10 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1939	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Eldon, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Harrisville, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Mexico, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Grand Rapids Sutron, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Superior, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Alta, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	E Tawas, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1939	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	43 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

1798 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1939. 1939 had 931 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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	766
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1