Weather Records on 17 February 1971

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1971. Highest significance: Hambledon Mill Csr, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1971

On 17 February 1971, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 475 daily.
Hambledon Mill Csr set a daily record precipitation of 195.6 mm (7.7 in) on 17 February 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 17 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Pouso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	322.6 mm (12.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Porcos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dumpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Azusa City Park Fc 143	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wairuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watersmeet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lehman Caves Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 17 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 17 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

378 broken records

Margins by which the 378 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1971

Top 20 records on 17 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1971	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Rio Do Pouso, BR	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	daily rain	322.6 mm (12.7 in)	256.1 mm (10.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Truxton Canyon, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Seward AP, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Evelyn State Forest, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 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)
17 February 1971	Mosdene, ZA	daily rain	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Beaver, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1971	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1971	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1971	Acude Santo Antonio de Russas, BR	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1971	Angelica, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1971	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1971	Clifton, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	56 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 487 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	359
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1