Weather Records on 8 February 1940

235 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1940. Highest significance: Cape Town Fire Station, ZA.

Key Facts for 8 February 1940

On 8 February 1940, 235 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 226 daily.
Cape Town Fire Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 8 February 1940.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

235 stations

235 station records on 8 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.6 mm (9.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.7 C (-28.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

235 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 8 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 8 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 226.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1940

Top 20 records on 8 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1940	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Burnet, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Gallinas Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Cape Town Maitland (Cem), ZA	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Trinidad, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Bell Ranch, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1940	Proserpine Post Office, AU	monthly rain	241.6 mm (9.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Konda, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Winterset 4N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Belmont, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Putbus, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1940	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	28 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

1798 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1940. 1940 had 235 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	178
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1