Weather Records on 7 February 1969

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1969. Highest significance: Beagle Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1969

On 7 February 1969, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 449 daily.
Beagle Bay set a monthly record daily precipitation of 304.8 mm (12.0 in) on 7 February 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 7 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cortez	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lagarto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Newnes Forest Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arachu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiksi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 7 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 7 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 16, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1969

Top 20 records on 7 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1969	Beagle Bay, AU	monthly rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1969	Cortez, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Montrose #2, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Campbell River, CA	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Tropic, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Murgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Lagarto, BR	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Lisbon, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Ft Meade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Bishop AP, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.1 C (77.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1969	Mavelikara, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	36 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

1803 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1969. 1969 had 473 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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 100	361
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2