Weather Records on 17 February 1972

750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1972. Highest significance: Augustus Downs Station, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1972

On 17 February 1972, 750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 731 daily.
Augustus Downs Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 17 February 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

750 stations

750 station records on 17 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sydenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Torquay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coliban Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shepparton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Forest (Yarraberb)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sandalwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Burr Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joyces Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neereman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

750 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 506, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 17 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	506
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 17 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

675 broken records

Margins by which the 675 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1067.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1972

Top 20 records on 17 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1972	Augustus Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1972	Wanganella General Store, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1972	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1972	Shelford, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Murchison, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Cleve (Pineside), AU	all-time rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Rochester, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Puckapunyal, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Sydenham, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Laverton Raaf, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1972	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 750 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 200	672
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1