Weather Records on 16 February 1959

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1959. Highest significance: Kilmorey, AU.

Key Facts for 16 February 1959

On 16 February 1959, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 377 daily.
Kilmorey set a daily record precipitation of 102.9 mm (4.1 in) on 16 February 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 16 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilmorey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lindsay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Searsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oliver Stp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 16 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 16 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1959

Top 20 records on 16 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1959	Kilmorey, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	East Park Rsvr, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	The Valley, AU	daily rain	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Rookwood, AU	all-time rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Orland, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Napa State Hospital, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Palmiet, Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Big Creek Ph 1, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Gold Run 4 SW, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Wrights, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Scotia, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Los Gatos, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1959	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	36 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 384 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 100	314
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1