Weather Records on 1 February 1942

157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1942. Highest significance: Canning Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1942

On 1 February 1942, 157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 153 daily.
Canning Downs set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 1 February 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

157 stations

157 station records on 1 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tangley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnalpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morgans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

157 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 1 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 1 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

125 broken records

Margins by which the 125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1942

Top 20 records on 1 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1942	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Uralla (Dumaresq St), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Tangley, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1942	Yellow Mountain, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Morgantown 1, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.4 cm (1.3 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Holyoke, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	W Pt, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Walcha Post Office, AU	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Muswellbrook (Edderton), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	30.4 C (86.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Lucan, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	all-time snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Upper Bingara (Emohta), AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1942	Goderich, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	11 years	21 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 157 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	100
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1