Weather Records on 8 February 1959

274 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1959. Highest significance: Eureka, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1959

On 8 February 1959, 274 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 271 daily.
Eureka set a daily record snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 8 February 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

274 stations

274 station records on 8 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Windy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Billabong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Payson	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garrah (Wirringulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandfontein (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensworth (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yimkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

274 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 8 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 8 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

236 broken records

Margins by which the 236 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1959

Top 20 records on 8 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1959	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1959	Eureka, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1959	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Bannister, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Pine Ridge (Windy), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Pine Ridge (Billabong), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	83 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1959	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Fairbridge, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Jerrys Plains Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Wendover AP AWOS, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Mirannie, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1959	Payson, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 274 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 50	215
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1