Weather Records on 8 February 1972

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1972. Highest significance: Red Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1972

On 8 February 1972, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 344 daily.
Red Lodge set a daily record snow depth of 101.6 cm (40.0 in) on 8 February 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 8 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	439.4 cm (173.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maravatio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Lexington 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2311.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1972

Top 20 records on 8 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Summit, US	daily snow depth	439.4 cm (173.0 in)	231.1 cm (91.0 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Amidon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	9.7 C (49.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Warren 3 S, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1972	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Greensburg, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	71 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	7.3 C (45.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	69 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Salisbury, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Wishek, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Franklin, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Barabinsk, RU	daily low min	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1972	Bolivar, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	27 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

1798 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1972. 1972 had 348 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 500	274
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1