Weather Records on 2 February 1959

427 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1959. Highest significance: Palladam, IN.

Key Facts for 2 February 1959

On 2 February 1959, 427 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 418 daily.
Palladam set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 2 February 1959.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 549 records.

Record Map

427 stations

427 station records on 2 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vandanmettu	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

427 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 2 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 2 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

339 broken records

Margins by which the 339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1959

Top 20 records on 2 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1959	Palladam, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1959	Palacode, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1959	Kilba, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Sankari, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Vandanmettu, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Dharmapuri, IN	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly low min	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Salem, IN	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Vellore, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Farmington 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Dharapuram, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Bologna, IT	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	135 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Anekal, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Cypress River, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1959	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	37 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 427 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	268
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1