Weather Records on 10 February 1972

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1972. Highest significance: Red Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1972

On 10 February 1972, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 234 daily.
Red Lodge set a daily record snow depth of 111.8 cm (44.0 in) on 10 February 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 10 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	426.7 cm (168.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guaicurus (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ristna	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jarensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cayo Arenas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russkij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 10 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 10 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

195 broken records

Margins by which the 195 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2235.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1972

Top 20 records on 10 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Tipton, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Angatuba, BR	daily rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Summit, US	daily snow depth	426.7 cm (168.0 in)	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Corunna Downs, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Vinton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Guaicurus (Particular), BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Pella 1S, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily low max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	75 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Centralia, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1972	Ganca, AZ	monthly low min	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Lima, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Tagtabazar, TM	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 February 1972	Iowa Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	50 years	31 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 240 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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	193
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1