Weather Records on 7 February 1955

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1955. Highest significance: Meckering, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1955

On 7 February 1955, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 576 daily.
Meckering set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 7 February 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 7 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meckering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kondinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quairading	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luakaha Lower 782	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tammin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St George	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minnivale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheenspost	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdalena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsorton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 7 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 7 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1955

Top 20 records on 7 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1955	Meckering, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1955	Hedley, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Lake Grace Comparison, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Kondinin, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Adairsville, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Quairading, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Lundbreck, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Lundbreck, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Horton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Luakaha Lower 782, US	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Berlin, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Bellingham 2 N, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Eufaula, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Gainesville, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1955	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 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

1803 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1955. 1955 had 587 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	479
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1