Weather Records on 17 February 1949

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1949. Highest significance: Atkinson 3SW, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 1949

On 17 February 1949, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 420 daily.
Atkinson 3SW set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 17 February 1949.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 17 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.3 mm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 17 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 17 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1949

Top 20 records on 17 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Mileura, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	270.3 mm (10.6 in)	211.9 mm (8.3 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	St Walburg, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Valier, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.1 cm (6.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Pleasant Valley, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Kent, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Conrad, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Lake Cle Elum, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Annean, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Browning, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Yarrabubba, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1949	Beaver Lake, CA	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	40 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 436 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 100	357
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1