Weather Records on 17 February 1942

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1942. Highest significance: Gadsden, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 1942

On 17 February 1942, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 653 daily.
Gadsden set a daily record precipitation of 114.8 mm (4.5 in) on 17 February 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 17 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dharingbadi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 320, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 17 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	320
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 17 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 10, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1942

Top 20 records on 17 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1942	Gadsden, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Durham, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Rayadurg, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Resaca, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Albemarle, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Caroleen, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Innamincka Station, AU	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Dharingbadi, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Randleman, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Pelzer, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Durham Downs, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Asheville Pearson St, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Tallapoosa 2 N, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Morganton, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1942	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	42 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

1794 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 671 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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 20	475
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	4