Weather Records on 14 February 1966

719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1966. Highest significance: Chattarpur, IN.

Key Facts for 14 February 1966

On 14 February 1966, 719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 689 daily.
Chattarpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 14 February 1966.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

719 stations

719 station records on 14 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chattarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Muloorina Station (Muloorina H	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luluigui	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canajoharie	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Convamore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hubbardston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-33.7 C (-28.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodend (Corinella Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

719 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 438, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 14 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	438
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 14 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

620 broken records

Margins by which the 620 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 February 1966

Top 20 records on 14 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1966	Chattarpur, IN	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1966	Muloorina Station (Muloorina H, AU	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1966	Ladybrand (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	234.2 mm (9.2 in)	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Narracan East (Lynnsmere), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Anadyr, RU	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	8 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Yinnar, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Cedar Run (River), US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Luluigui, AU	daily rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Yeeda, AU	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Laverton Salines, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Kimberley Downs, AU	monthly rain	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Santa Maria da Boa Vista, BR	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Meredith, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1966	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	41 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 719 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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 25	555
25 to 50	44
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	4
175 to 200	3