Weather Records on 14 February 1940

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1940. Highest significance: Alfred, US.

Key Facts for 14 February 1940

On 14 February 1940, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 242 daily.
Alfred set a monthly record daily snowfall of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 14 February 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 14 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grove City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dauphin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 14 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 14 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 24, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1940

Top 20 records on 14 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1940	Alfred, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1940	Angelica, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Ironton, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Pickens 1, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Hermannsburg, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Towanda 1 S, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Grove City, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Ironton, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Zugspitze, DE	all-time low max	-31.5 C (-24.7 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Point Pleasant, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Sonnblick, AT	all-time low max	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Marnitz, DE	all-time snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Markland Dam 39, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Angelica, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Zugspitze, DE	all-time low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Derry 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1940	Addison, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	35 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 278 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 50	203
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1