Weather Records on 15 February 1942

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1942. Highest significance: Burrwood Wb, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1942

On 15 February 1942, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 445 daily.
Burrwood Wb set a monthly record daily precipitation of 211.1 mm (8.3 in) on 15 February 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 15 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pajingo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ancho	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Edderton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 15 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 15 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1942

Top 20 records on 15 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1942	Burrwood Wb, US	monthly rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1942	Biloxi, US	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Pearlington, US	monthly rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Abbeville, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Houma, US	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Normanton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1942	Potchefstroom;Braksp, ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Morgan City, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Pearl River, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Weissenburg, DE	all-time snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	all-time snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	0 years	30 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 461 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	357
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1