Weather Records on 10 February 1959

1,173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1959. Highest significance: Marion 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1959

On 10 February 1959, 1,173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 1,095 daily.
Marion 2 N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 10 February 1959.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,173 stations

1,173 station records on 10 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Ridge Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,173 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 659, Heaviest daily snowfall 234, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 10 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	659
Heaviest daily snowfall	234
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 10 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 75, daily 1,095.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,026 broken records

Margins by which the 1,026 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1959

Top 20 records on 10 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1959	Marion 2 N, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Bucyrus, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Moree (Talmoi), AU	all-time rain	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	21 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Walma, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Tiffin, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Huntington, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Delaware, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	79 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1959	Sedan, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Addison, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	all-time snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Greenville 2 NE, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Clinton 1SSW, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1959	Owensville, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	56 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

1798 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1959. 1959 had 1,173 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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	896
50 to 100	65
100 to 150	40
150 to 200	21
200 to 250	4