Weather Records on 16 February 1942

541 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1942. Highest significance: Dohne (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 16 February 1942

On 16 February 1942, 541 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 529 daily.
Dohne (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 16 February 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

541 stations

541 station records on 16 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

541 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 16 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 16 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 6, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1067.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1942

Top 20 records on 16 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1942	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Cedar Hill 1, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Tallahassee, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Rock House, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Roodekop, ZA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Netley, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Ebrach, DE	all-time snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1942	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1942	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	34 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 541 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 200	455
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1