Weather Records on 16 February 1976

1,272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1976. Highest significance: Oberlin, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1976

On 16 February 1976, 1,272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
910 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 1,229 daily.
Oberlin set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 16 February 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,272 stations

1,272 station records on 16 February 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Anatone	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	146.0 cm (57.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guaianas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,272 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 291, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 619, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 16 February 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	291
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	619
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 16 February 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 1,229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

981 broken records

Margins by which the 981 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 630.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1976

Top 20 records on 16 February 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1976	Oberlin, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1976	Anatone, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1976	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1976	Hampton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1976	Skjomen, NO	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Harrow Cda, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Centralia, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Council, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Drevja, NO	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	monthly rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily snow depth	124.0 cm (48.8 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1976	Mackinaw 3WSW, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	43 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 1,272 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 100	965
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1