Weather Records on 14 February 1955

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1955. Highest significance: Murray Bridge Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 14 February 1955

On 14 February 1955, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 502 daily.
Murray Bridge Comparison set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 14 February 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 14 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tennyson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo (Colona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minnipa Agricultural Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patho West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 347, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 14 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	347
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 14 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

459 broken records

Margins by which the 459 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1955

Top 20 records on 14 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1955	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1955	Tocumwal Airport, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1955	Bysonder, ZA	all-time rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1955	Cressy, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1955	Leichardt, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Toora, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Agnes River, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Tennyson, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Ballarat Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Ballan, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Ceduna (Goode), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Quambatook, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Dingee, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Cooma, AU	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Deal Island, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1955	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	48 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 515 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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 20	371
20 to 40	68
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1