Weather Records on 17 February 1954

1,009 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1954. Highest significance: Robben Island (Vrt), ZA.

Key Facts for 17 February 1954

On 17 February 1954, 1,009 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
622 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 965 daily.
Robben Island (Vrt) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 56.1 mm (2.2 in) on 17 February 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,009 stations

1,009 station records on 17 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Warrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,009 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 352, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 270, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	352
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	270
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 965.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1954

Top 20 records on 17 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1954	Robben Island (Vrt), ZA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1954	Itatira, BR	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Brome, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Dolgeville, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Eugenia, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Dannemora, US	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Brunswick, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Indian Lake 2SW, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Tribes Hill, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Eugenia, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Auburn, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Joliette, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Canton 4 SE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Joliette, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Gloversville, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Lowville, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1954	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	44 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 1,009 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	829
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1