Weather Records on 8 February 1981

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1981. Highest significance: Cascade 5 S, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1981

On 8 February 1981, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 723 daily.
Cascade 5 S set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 8 February 1981.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 8 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fernflat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benarkin Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Pilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman 12 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aughamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goovigen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Netherby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Juca Casimiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maddock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malakoff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bullyard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maravale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.6 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 8 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 8 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1000.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1981

Top 20 records on 8 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1981	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1981	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	all-time rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1981	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Greenmount Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Blackbutt Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Fernflat, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Darts Creek, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Benarkin Forest Station, AU	daily rain	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Upper Pilton, AU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Bozeman 12 NE, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Cadillac, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Yarraman Upper, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1981	Biser, RU	daily high min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	89 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

1798 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1981. 1981 had 736 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	644
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1