Weather Records on 15 February 1944

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1944. Highest significance: Minicoy Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 15 February 1944

On 15 February 1944, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 306 daily.
Minicoy Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 15 February 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 15 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balandapara	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carandotta Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 15 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 15 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 306.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1944

Top 20 records on 15 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1944	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Innamincka Police Camp, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Balandapara, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Pointe Au Pere, CA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Sakoli, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Vijayawada, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Katol, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Malvern Hills, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Russelkonda, IN	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Glen Boughton, AU	daily rain	246.9 mm (9.7 in)	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1944	Gabriels, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	36 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 314 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 100	256
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1