Weather Records on 7 February 1942

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1942. Highest significance: Carlton Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1942

On 7 February 1942, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 313 daily.
Carlton Hill set an all-time record daily precipitation of 323.9 mm (12.8 in) on 7 February 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 7 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
State Sanatorium	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Speewa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 7 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 7 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1942

Top 20 records on 7 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1942	Carlton Hill, AU	all-time rain	323.9 mm (12.8 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1942	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1942	Avon, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1942	Lockport 2SE, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1942	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Brockville, CA	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Welland, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Angelica, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Welland, CA	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Addison, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Buffalo, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Alfred, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Tumby Bay, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Geneva Exp STN, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Auburn, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1942	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	39 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

1803 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1942. 1942 had 327 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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 25	241
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2