Weather Records on 2 February 1968

844 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1968. Highest significance: Cheboygan, US.

Key Facts for 2 February 1968

On 2 February 1968, 844 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 818 daily.
Cheboygan set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 February 1968.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

844 stations

844 station records on 2 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Tarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlgarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coppermine	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-47.8 C (-54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

844 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 251, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 2 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	251
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 2 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 23, daily 818.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

742 broken records

Margins by which the 742 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1968

Top 20 records on 2 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1968	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1968	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Albanel, CA	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Normandin Cda, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Castricum, NL	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Albion 5 E, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Angola, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Albion, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Wheatfield, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Narra Tarra, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Albanel, CA	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Fairview, CA	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Oakley, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Whitestown, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1968	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	38 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 844 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	702
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2