Weather Records on 1 February 1952

907 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1952. Highest significance: Mt Vernon 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1952

On 1 February 1952, 907 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
659 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 893 daily.
Mt Vernon 3 SW set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 1 February 1952.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

907 stations

907 station records on 1 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Riacho Do Sangue	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.9 C (-36.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

907 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 201, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 458, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 1 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	201
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	458
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 1 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 893.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1952

Top 20 records on 1 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1952	Mt Vernon 3 SW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1952	Jennings, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Anahuac, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Appleton City, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Lockwood, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Conroe, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Jerome, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Pleasanton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Galena, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Acude Riacho Do Sangue, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1952	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	35 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

1795 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1952. 1952 had 907 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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Data for records on 1952-02-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	718
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2