Weather Records on 10 February 1981

1,572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1981. Highest significance: Poplarville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1981

On 10 February 1981, 1,572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 553 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 1,507 daily.
Poplarville Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 182.9 mm (7.2 in) on 10 February 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

1,572 stations

1,572 station records on 10 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Watson Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodslee Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mundurin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,572 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 274, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 279, Heaviest daily rainfall 520, Heaviest daily snowfall 311, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 10 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	274
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	279
Heaviest daily rainfall	520
Heaviest daily snowfall	311
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 10 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 60, daily 1,507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,368 broken records

Margins by which the 1,368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1981

Top 20 records on 10 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1981	Poplarville Exp STN, US	monthly rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	75 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1981	Biscotasing, CA	daily snowfall	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1981	Andalusia 3 W, US	monthly rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1981	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1981	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1981	Wallaceburg, CA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Campbellford, CA	monthly rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Pearl River Lock 1, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Biloxi, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Sidell 4N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Forsyth 6 NNW, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Montgomery AP, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Watson Lake A, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1981	Woodslee Cda, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 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 1,572 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,334
100 to 200	28
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2