Weather Records on 17 February 1959

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1959. Highest significance: Dingo Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1959

On 17 February 1959, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 542 daily.
Dingo Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 269.2 mm (10.6 in) on 17 February 1959.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 17 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	276.4 mm (10.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlees Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Memooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riverslea Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.1 mm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 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

17 February 1959

Top 20 records on 17 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1959	Dingo Post Office, AU	all-time rain	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Strathbogie, AU	monthly rain	276.4 mm (10.9 in)	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Collaroy Station, AU	monthly rain	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Abor Downs, AU	all-time rain	235.5 mm (9.3 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Capella Post Office, AU	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1959	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Ekari Park, AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	457.2 mm (18.0 in)	368.8 mm (14.5 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Acude Forquilha, BR	daily rain	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Kinnoul, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Fernlees Post Office, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Logan Downs, AU	monthly rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Gindie State Farm, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Memooloo, AU	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1959	Nebo, AU	daily rain	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	46 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 575 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	463
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1