Weather Records on 15 February 1971

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1971. Highest significance: Riversdale, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 February 1971

On 15 February 1971, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 540 daily.
Riversdale set a daily record precipitation of 35.0 mm (1.4 in) on 15 February 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 15 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silverstreams	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montmorillon	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Philip AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Walburg	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 15 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 15 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 540.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1971

Top 20 records on 15 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1971	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Aseral, NO	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Porto, BR	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Angelica, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Arcade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Krasnodar, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Eureka, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1971	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Winona, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	61 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Onder-Geluk, ZA	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Silverstreams, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1971	Montmorillon, FR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 551 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	411
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1