Weather Records on 17 February 1945

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1945. Highest significance: Badagara, IN.

Key Facts for 17 February 1945

On 17 February 1945, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 336 daily.
Badagara set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 17 February 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 17 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 17 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 17 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 336.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1945

Top 20 records on 17 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1945	Badagara, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Kozhikode, IN	monthly rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Quilandi, IN	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Anadia, BR	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Fulton, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Mexico, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Nilambur, IN	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Effingham 3SW, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1945	Flora 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Alton 1 W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Eldon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Cullowhee, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Bayard, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1945	Longreach Post Office, AU	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	45 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

1794 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 349 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 25	237
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1