Weather Records on 8 February 1942

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1942. Highest significance: Madrid, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1942

On 8 February 1942, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 219 daily.
Madrid set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 8 February 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 8 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie City Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Augustus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 8 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 8 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1942

Top 20 records on 8 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1942	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Tumby Bay (Hillview), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Burpengary Ulmann Rd, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	The Meadows, ZA	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Gothenburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Lodgepole, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Sterling, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Prairie City Rs, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1942	Hawthorne, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Aachen, DE	daily low max	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Beech Creek, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1942	Macdonald College, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	27 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1942. 1942 had 224 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 50	179
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1