Weather Records on 16 February 1971

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1971. Highest significance: Herefoss, NO.

Key Facts for 16 February 1971

On 16 February 1971, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
404 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 578 daily.
Herefoss set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 16 February 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 16 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maracanau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 271, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 16 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	271
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 16 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1971

Top 20 records on 16 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1971	Herefoss, NO	monthly rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1971	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Milan, IT	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Sao Ludgero, BR	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Tugaske, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Seward AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Upper Stone Exelby, AU	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Tugaske, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Tovdal, NO	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	29.7 C (85.5 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Orleans-Montante (Pcd), BR	all-time rain	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Wittebank, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1971	Maracanau, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1971	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1971	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	monthly rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	46 years	33 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 593 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 100	445
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1