Weather Records on 8 February 1964

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1964. Highest significance: Murray Island, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 1964

On 8 February 1964, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 302 daily.
Murray Island set a daily record precipitation of 153.7 mm (6.1 in) on 8 February 1964.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 8 February 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crateus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Vista (Ledo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Floresta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yalleroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itaberaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wairuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Malhada Vermelha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 8 February 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 8 February 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 302.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1964

Top 20 records on 8 February 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1964	Murray Island, AU	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	160.2 mm (6.3 in)	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Bernalillo, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Kamilaroi Station, AU	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Crateus, BR	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Boa Vista (Ledo), BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	Propria, BR	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1964	St Marys Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1964	Baldwin, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	12 years	34 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1964. 1964 had 305 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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Data for records on 1964-02-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	244
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2