Weather Records on 1 February 1981

961 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1981. Highest significance: Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 February 1981

On 1 February 1981, 961 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 944 daily.
Duiwelskloof (Mun) set a daily record precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 1 February 1981.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

961 stations

961 station records on 1 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albertinia (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Protem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herold (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Mere	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

961 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 208, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 1 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	208
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 1 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

833 broken records

Margins by which the 833 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1981

Top 20 records on 1 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1981	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1981	Tussenbeide, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1981	Albertinia (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1981	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	147.5 mm (5.8 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Tacaratu, BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Maseru, LS	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	137 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Gore Bay A, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Mtunzini, ZA	daily rain	127.2 mm (5.0 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Samnanger, NO	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Burenda, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1981	Nossa Senhora da Gloria, BR	monthly rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	54 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

1795 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1981. 1981 had 961 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	761
50 to 100	55
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2