Weather Records on 17 February 1941

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1941. Highest significance: Karimganj, IN.

Key Facts for 17 February 1941

On 17 February 1941, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 165 daily.
Karimganj set a daily record precipitation of 91.2 mm (3.6 in) on 17 February 1941.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 17 February 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Badarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 17 February 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 17 February 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 165.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

131 broken records

Margins by which the 131 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1941

Top 20 records on 17 February 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1941	Karimganj, IN	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1941	Cherrapunji/P.S., IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1941	Bhanga, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1941	Simcoe, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1941	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1941	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Badarpur, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Barkola, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	S Haven, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	St Joseph, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Hvar, HR	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1941	Broome Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	22 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

1794 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 166 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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 10	98
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	5