Weather Records on 8 February 1941

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1941. Highest significance: Atru, IN.

Key Facts for 8 February 1941

On 8 February 1941, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 327 daily.
Atru set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 8 February 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 8 February 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Telhara	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glencliff	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 February 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 February 1941 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1941

Top 20 records on 8 February 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1941	Atru, IN	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Durham, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Eustis 2 SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Salisbury, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Dannemora, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Jefferson, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Vacaville, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Lewiston, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Franklin, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Telhara, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Junction 4SSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Kerrville, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Holyoke, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1941	Farmington, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1941	Brockton, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1941	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	34 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1941. 1941 had 342 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 20	241
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3