Weather Records on 7 February 1976

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 February 1976. Highest significance: Barrow Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 7 February 1976

On 7 February 1976, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
98 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 693 daily.
Barrow Creek set a monthly record daily precipitation of 163.0 mm (6.4 in) on 7 February 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 7 February 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 February 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	264.4 mm (10.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waimea 892	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muloorina Station (Muloorina H	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ilbunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahinahina 466	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Desert Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Alegre Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebenhaezer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
North Shields (Port Lincoln Ae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	192.0 cm (75.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abminga Railway Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mundurin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Cotia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	157.0 cm (61.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yaninee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 7 February 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 306, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 7 February 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	306
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 7 February 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

596 broken records

Margins by which the 596 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 February 1976

Top 20 records on 7 February 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 February 1976	Barrow Creek, AU	monthly rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Kemoo Camp 8 855, US	all-time rain	264.4 mm (10.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Iguape, BR	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Goldfield, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Waianae 798, US	monthly rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Waialua 847, US	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 February 1976	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Talia, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Nkhota Kota, MW	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Waimea 892, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Muloorina Station (Muloorina H, AU	all-time rain	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Ilbunga, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Little Port Walter, US	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Falls River, CA	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 February 1976	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	68 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

1803 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1976. 1976 had 716 records.

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

Records on 02-07 in each year
Year	Records
1803	2
1809	1
1817	1
1822	1
1829	1
1833	1
1838	1
1841	2
1843	1
1846	1
1852	1
1854	4
1856	1
1857	2
1861	2
1863	4
1865	3
1866	5
1869	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	1
1881	3
1884	1
1885	1
1888	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	18
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	3
1900	5
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	33
1905	7
1906	12
1907	16
1908	9
1909	11
1910	43
1911	57
1912	28
1913	43
1914	53
1915	21
1916	23
1917	116
1918	37
1919	26
1920	100
1921	32
1922	47
1923	43
1924	95
1925	582
1926	186
1927	177
1928	490
1929	467
1930	130
1931	280
1932	244
1933	714
1934	250
1935	208
1936	1,024
1937	424
1938	499
1939	252
1940	225
1941	272
1942	327
1943	424
1944	401
1945	321
1946	268
1947	357
1948	335
1949	408
1950	668
1951	633
1952	213
1953	653
1954	610
1955	587
1956	605
1957	820
1958	277
1959	301
1960	448
1961	748
1962	582
1963	919
1964	523
1965	864
1966	618
1967	878
1968	249
1969	473
1970	562
1971	705
1972	527
1973	819
1974	566
1975	445
1976	716
1977	1,057
1978	2,387
1979	1,848
1980	641
1981	815
1982	1,159
1983	641
1984	877
1985	996
1986	1,038
1987	1,365
1988	1,285
1989	3,136
1990	1,840
1991	1,814
1992	884
1993	994
1994	1,116
1995	1,339
1996	1,469
1997	1,280
1998	841
1999	1,945
2000	419
2001	1,401
2002	727
2003	878
2004	1,077
2005	1,284
2006	699
2007	930
2008	1,313
2009	1,525
2010	927
2011	973
2012	1,174
2013	579
2014	1,588
2015	1,562
2016	544
2017	1,584
2018	687
2019	1,988
2020	923
2021	1,001
2022	319
2023	327
2024	1,116
2025	1,033
2026	586

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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	585
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	6
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	2