Weather Records on 8 February 1945

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1945. Highest significance: Detroit, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1945

On 8 February 1945, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
392 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 515 daily.
Detroit set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 8 February 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

530 stations

530 station records on 8 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spot Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grimes Pass 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cococi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 8 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 8 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1945

Top 20 records on 8 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1945	Detroit, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo), BR	daily rain	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Middleboro, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Storrs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Spot Pond, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Garden Valley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Grimes Pass 6 S, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Framingham, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Meruoca, BR	monthly rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1945	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Cambridge, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Ashland, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1945	Cococi, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	30 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

1798 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1945. 1945 had 530 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	419
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1