Weather Records on 16 February 1952

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1952. Highest significance: Shoshone 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1952

On 16 February 1952, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 295 daily.
Shoshone 1 WNW set a daily record snowfall of 24.1 cm (9.5 in) on 16 February 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 16 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hilliard	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ventry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bristow	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Creek 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 780.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1952

Top 20 records on 16 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1952	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Challis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Crescent City, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Cedar Key 1 WSW, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Hilliard, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Glen St Mary 1 W, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Talent, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Weston 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	McCall, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1952	Hvar, HR	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	63 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

1794 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1952. 1952 had 301 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 100	249
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1