Weather Records on 10 February 1942

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1942. Highest significance: Fernflat, AU.

Key Facts for 10 February 1942

On 10 February 1942, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 20 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 374 daily.
Fernflat set an all-time record daily precipitation of 227.6 mm (9.0 in) on 10 February 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 10 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Struth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thulimbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kargil	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.4 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Market	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 10 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 10 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 20, monthly 18, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 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

10 February 1942

Top 20 records on 10 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1942	Fernflat, AU	all-time rain	227.6 mm (9.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1942	Greenmount Post Office, AU	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1942	Maryland, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1942	Bell Store, AU	all-time rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1942	Canning Downs, AU	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1942	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Jandowae Post Office, AU	all-time rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Grandchester Symes St, AU	monthly rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Toowoomba, AU	all-time rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Helidon Post Office, AU	monthly rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Warra Post Office, AU	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	122.1 mm (4.8 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Cambooya Post Office, AU	all-time rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Allora Post Office, AU	all-time rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Killarney Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1942	Ballina West, AU	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	27 years	51 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

1798 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1942. 1942 had 412 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

Download the Data

Data for records on 1942-02-10: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	226
25 to 50	77
50 to 75	38
75 to 100	13
100 to 125	8
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	3