Weather Records on 15 February 1955

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1955. Highest significance: Port Broughton, AU.

Key Facts for 15 February 1955

On 15 February 1955, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 708 daily.
Port Broughton set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 15 February 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

722 stations

722 station records on 15 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckanarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beringarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kialla East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durawah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Lowly Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanhope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tootra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florieton (Bundey Bore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 586, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	586
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 708.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 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

15 February 1955

Top 20 records on 15 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1955	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1955	Mooroopna, AU	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1955	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1955	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Burkes Flat, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Tungamah, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Narra Tarra, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Invergordon, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Yongala, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Yalta, UA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Tuckanarra, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Kathleen Valley, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1955	Quinyambie, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	8 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 722 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	557
20 to 40	85
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1