Weather Records on 8 February 1955

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1955. Highest significance: Fort Macleod, CA.

Key Facts for 8 February 1955

On 8 February 1955, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 437 daily.
Fort Macleod set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 8 February 1955.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 8 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahukona 159	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skagit Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 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

8 February 1955

Top 20 records on 8 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1955	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1955	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Niulii 179, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Fraser, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Dinokana, ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Langsloot, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Maitland, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Riva, IT	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1955	Haugan 1 W, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	39 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

1798 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1955. 1955 had 448 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 25	358
25 to 50	33
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1