Weather Records on 11 February 1977

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 February 1977. Highest significance: Vestervig, DK.

Key Facts for 11 February 1977

On 11 February 1977, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
564 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 944 daily.
Vestervig set a daily record precipitation of 33.3 mm (1.3 in) on 11 February 1977.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

959 stations

959 station records on 11 February 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 February 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waco Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.0 mm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmietfontein"Knap Draai	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steytlerville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Overton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cypherfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Terrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nakusp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedagt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lammerkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 11 February 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 334, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 11 February 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	334
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 11 February 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

811 broken records

Margins by which the 811 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 915.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 February 1977

Top 20 records on 11 February 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 February 1977	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1977	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1977	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1977	Kamferskraal, ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 February 1977	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Fraserburg, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Fredonia, US	daily snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	91.5 cm (36.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Dzhambejty, KZ	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Gouna (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Wills Pt, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Waco Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Kenton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Enderby, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Jewett, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	211.0 mm (8.3 in)	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Palmietfontein"Knap Draai, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Fairfield 3W, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 February 1977	Hewitt, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	46 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

1798 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1977. 1977 had 959 records.

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

Records on 02-11 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1806	1
1829	4
1845	2
1847	2
1849	1
1862	2
1864	2
1865	1
1869	4
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	7
1886	2
1887	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	19
1900	8
1901	1
1902	6
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	6
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	17
1911	39
1912	29
1913	5
1914	73
1915	16
1916	24
1917	15
1918	27
1919	42
1920	20
1921	60
1922	76
1923	55
1924	97
1925	315
1926	63
1927	40
1928	269
1929	369
1930	191
1931	157
1932	1,420
1933	392
1934	318
1935	326
1936	562
1937	511
1938	524
1939	405
1940	396
1941	251
1942	198
1943	404
1944	371
1945	206
1946	386
1947	417
1948	827
1949	376
1950	280
1951	957
1952	460
1953	521
1954	411
1955	1,072
1956	545
1957	448
1958	611
1959	394
1960	732
1961	951
1962	975
1963	685
1964	421
1965	950
1966	774
1967	314
1968	404
1969	731
1970	657
1971	732
1972	320
1973	851
1974	555
1975	569
1976	965
1977	959
1978	1,263
1979	1,975
1980	711
1981	2,439
1982	1,042
1983	1,087
1984	726
1985	1,124
1986	1,188
1987	810
1988	1,159
1989	754
1990	1,050
1991	539
1992	782
1993	1,146
1994	1,770
1995	970
1996	969
1997	717
1998	1,468
1999	2,266
2000	1,066
2001	809
2002	1,740
2003	587
2004	834
2005	1,121
2006	558
2007	782
2008	916
2009	1,680
2010	1,323
2011	1,430
2012	964
2013	765
2014	1,032
2015	790
2016	997
2017	1,508
2018	792
2019	929
2020	1,012
2021	1,055
2022	568
2023	387
2024	820
2025	1,282
2026	654

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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 200	808
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1