Weather Records on 17 February 1974

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1974. Highest significance: Wanaaring Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1974

On 17 February 1974, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 348 daily.
Wanaaring Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 56.0 mm (2.2 in) on 17 February 1974.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 17 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Belah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salique (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meteghan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria Aerodromo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	108.0 cm (42.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buchanan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Traveston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Redfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	195.2 mm (7.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liverpool Big Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan State Forest 220	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shearwater A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sage 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 17 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 17 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 348.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1974

Top 20 records on 17 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1974	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Louth (Belah), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Wilgeboom (Bos), ZA	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Steytlerville (Mag), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Salique (Bos), ZA	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Anthony Lagoon, AU	daily rain	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Mourilyan, AU	daily rain	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Princeton, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Castle Dale, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Bindi, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	88 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1974	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1974	Meteghan River, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1974	Vitoria Aerodromo, ES	monthly rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	34 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 355 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 25	260
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	3
175 to 200	3