Weather Records on 16 February 1956

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1956. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 16 February 1956

On 16 February 1956, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 611 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 998 daily.
Quatsino set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 16 February 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 16 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
The Downs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ord River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
The Hermatige	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-26.4 C (-15.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 309, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 302, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 16 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	309
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	302
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 16 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 24, daily 998.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

885 broken records

Margins by which the 885 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

16 February 1956

Top 20 records on 16 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1956	Quatsino, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1956	The Downs, ZA	daily rain	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Ord River, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	The Hermatige, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Nugent, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Risdon, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Lughrata, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Warmun, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Thule, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Muenster, DE	all-time low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Estevan Point, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Vega 2NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	New Westminster, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1956	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	42 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 1,031 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	834
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1