Weather Records on 17 February 1950

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1950. Highest significance: Curnomona (Curnamona), AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1950

On 17 February 1950, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 452 daily.
Curnomona (Curnamona) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 154.4 mm (6.1 in) on 17 February 1950.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 17 February 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chowilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Irymple (Arlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Csiro Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nadda (Zimmerman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merbein Srwsc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wagant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qualco (Kaluna Vineyards)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 17 February 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 17 February 1950 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

410 broken records

Margins by which the 410 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1950

Top 20 records on 17 February 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1950	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	all-time rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1950	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1950	Chowilla, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Wilkadene (Murtho), AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Renmark Irrigation, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Irymple (Arlington), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Evora Station, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Malboona, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Merbein Csiro Research Station, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Carwarp, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Nadda (Zimmerman), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1950	Acland Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	42 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 469 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	330
25 to 50	49
50 to 75	17
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1