Weather Records on 14 February 1939

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1939. Highest significance: Ely Park, AU.

Key Facts for 14 February 1939

On 14 February 1939, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 320 daily.
Ely Park set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 14 February 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 14 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ely Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tressillian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Codg Codgen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walgormouring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowcowing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mangowine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landscape Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coodingnow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jennaberring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jenna Pullin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.8 C (101.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watheroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quellington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 228, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 14 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	228
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 14 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 22, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1939

Top 20 records on 14 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1939	Ely Park, AU	all-time rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1939	Doongin Peak, AU	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	64 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1939	Kellerberrin, AU	all-time rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Tressillian, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Cuttening, AU	all-time rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Nangeenan, AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Codg Codgen, AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Ejanding, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	La Ctr, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Burracoppin, AU	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Walgormouring, AU	all-time rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Round Hill, AU	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Walk Walkin, AU	all-time rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Boyatup, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Cowcowing, AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1939	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	42 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 354 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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	256
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2