Weather Records on 16 February 1947

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1947. Highest significance: Austin #2, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1947

On 16 February 1947, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 402 daily.
Austin #2 set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 16 February 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 16 February 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gumla	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magenta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Korba	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rajathgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pattamundai	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tin Tin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bool Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strathdownie (Mulga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drik Drik	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 February 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 February 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 402.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1947

Top 20 records on 16 February 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1947	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Oxford, GB	daily low max	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Eastport, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Gumla, IN	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1947	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Paika, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Limassol, CY	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Magenta, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Emerson, CA	daily high min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Deogarh (Bamra), IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Leavenworth 3 S, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	54 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	50 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1947	Korba, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	25 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1947. 1947 had 410 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 20	310
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1