Weather Records on 1 February 1977

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1977. Highest significance: Woodhouse, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1977

On 1 February 1977, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 461 daily.
Woodhouse set a daily record precipitation of 259.8 mm (10.2 in) on 1 February 1977.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 1 February 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	325.0 mm (12.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	343.0 mm (13.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irwin	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.7 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	317.6 mm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kranskop (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	242.6 mm (9.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 120.

Records on 1 February 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	120

Records on 1 February 1977 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 43, daily 461.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1977

Top 20 records on 1 February 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1977	Woodhouse, AU	daily rain	259.8 mm (10.2 in)	149.3 mm (5.9 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1977	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	161.9 mm (6.4 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Majors Creek, AU	daily rain	325.0 mm (12.8 in)	257.2 mm (10.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Fairbanks Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	208.5 mm (8.2 in)	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Fairview, ZA	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Riverview, ZA	daily rain	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Watertown, US	all-time snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	343.0 mm (13.5 in)	192.1 mm (7.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Irwin, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Decatur Wtp, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Glen Alphen, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Lawrence, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Stillwater Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Clare, AU	daily rain	129.7 mm (5.1 in)	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1977	Arcade, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	44 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

1795 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1977. 1977 had 516 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	325
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1