Weather Records on 1 February 1966

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1966. Highest significance: Maryland, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1966

On 1 February 1966, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 183 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 687 daily.
Maryland set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 1 February 1966.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 1 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Addison Dam 45	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 149, Deepest snow cover 113.

Records on 1 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	149
Deepest snow cover	113

Records on 1 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 57, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1966

Top 20 records on 1 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1966	Maryland, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1966	Marengo, US	all-time snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1966	Oswego, US	all-time snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1966	Haskinville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Greenville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Le Roy, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Washington 1 W, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Culpeper, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Nebo, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Salem, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Salem, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Kearneysville, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Wylie Creek (Aloomba), AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1966	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	63 years	45 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

1795 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1966. 1966 had 756 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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Data for records on 1966-02-01: 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 100	594
100 to 200	47
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1