Weather Records on 17 February 1944

462 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1944. Highest significance: Clermont Sirius St, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1944

On 17 February 1944, 462 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 448 daily.
Clermont Sirius St set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 17 February 1944.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

462 stations

462 station records on 17 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sausar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harsud	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worsham	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atner	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

462 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 17 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 17 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

412 broken records

Margins by which the 412 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1944

Top 20 records on 17 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1944	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Huntly, AU	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Blair Athol, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Milan Exp STN, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Rugby, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Coreena, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Sausar, IN	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Osceola, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Wynne, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Comet Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Ashwood, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Urandangi, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1944	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	39 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 462 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 200	410
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1