Weather Records on 16 February 1967

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1967. Highest significance: Port Alfred, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 February 1967

On 16 February 1967, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 480 daily.
Port Alfred set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 16 February 1967.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 16 February 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manina (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salopia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lelie Shoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shakhrinau	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marquard - Pol 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Opsoek (Pos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ibotirama (Jardinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg;Kersieproe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 16 February 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 16 February 1967 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1967

Top 20 records on 16 February 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1967	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1967	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Eaton, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Manina (Bos), ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	monthly rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Castro Alves, BR	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Anna 4 N, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Bloemfontein Airpor, ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Salopia, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Dos Bocas, PR	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Lelie Shoek, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Lambertina, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Keble, ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1967	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	40 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 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 487 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 50	398
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1