Weather Records on 16 February 1944

274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1944. Highest significance: Uanda, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1944

On 16 February 1944, 274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 268 daily.
Uanda set a daily record precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 16 February 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

274 stations

274 station records on 16 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Megantic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Illerbrun	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Megantic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ventnor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhnadon	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

274 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 16 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 16 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1944

Top 20 records on 16 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1944	Uanda, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	115.4 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Lake Megantic, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Ilfracombe Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Chachora, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Shivpuri, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Oracle, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Carinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Emmet Downs, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Barkly Downs, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Westland, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1944	Isis Downs, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1944	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	32 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 274 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 50	204
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2