Weather Records on 19 February 1947

281 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1947. Highest significance: Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 1947

On 19 February 1947, 281 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 276 daily.
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN set a daily record snowfall of 14.7 cm (5.8 in) on 19 February 1947.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

281 stations

281 station records on 19 February 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Binka	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rampur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethanga Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Channel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arang	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deogarh (Bamra)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

281 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 19 February 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 19 February 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

242 broken records

Margins by which the 242 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1947

Top 20 records on 19 February 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1947	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	White Cliffs (Purnanga), AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Hvar, HR	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Binka, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Oxford, GB	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1947	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Budapest, HU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Rampur, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Bathurst, CA	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	67 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Lenoir, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Uaua, BR	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Katol, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Millstream, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1947	Bodalkasa, IN	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	29 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 281 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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	214
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1