Weather Records on 7 February 1943

424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1943. Highest significance: Medicine Hat A, CA.

Key Facts for 7 February 1943

On 7 February 1943, 424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 417 daily.
Medicine Hat A set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 7 February 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

424 stations

424 station records on 7 February 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	540.0 cm (212.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

424 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 242, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 February 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	242
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 February 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1943

Top 20 records on 7 February 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1943	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1943	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1943	Browning, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Hillsdown, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Fort Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Caldwell, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1943	Jefferson, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Fortine 1 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Kynnersley, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Zugspitze, DE	daily snow depth	540.0 cm (212.6 in)	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Gleichen, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Lost River, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Deming, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 February 1943	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	27 years	23 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

1803 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1943. 1943 had 424 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	326
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1