Weather Records on 17 February 1975

1,035 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1975. Highest significance: Anthony, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 1975

On 17 February 1975, 1,035 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 98 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,020 daily.
Anthony set an all-time record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 17 February 1975.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,035 stations

1,035 station records on 17 February 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flora Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brantley	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlow Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hayneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Level 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bolgrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,035 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 70, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 422, Heaviest daily snowfall 237, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 17 February 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	70
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	422
Heaviest daily snowfall	237
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 17 February 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 1,020.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

864 broken records

Margins by which the 864 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1975

Top 20 records on 17 February 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1975	Anthony, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1975	Clayton, US	monthly rain	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	45 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1975	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1975	Flora Downs, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Medicine Lodge, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Greenfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Brantley, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Paragonah, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Appleton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Thurlow Dam, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Monticello 2E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Illinois City Dam 16, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Kanosh, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1975	Muscatine 2, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	47 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 1,035 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	732
50 to 100	93
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1