Weather Records on 14 February 1981

946 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 February 1981. Highest significance: Streaky Bay, AU.

Key Facts for 14 February 1981

On 14 February 1981, 946 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 924 daily.
Streaky Bay set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 14 February 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

946 stations

946 station records on 14 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nundroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fullarton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Falls 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jubilee Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itapage	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Maltee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

946 records

Records set or tied on 14 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 292, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 279, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 14 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	292
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 14 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

770 broken records

Margins by which the 770 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

14 February 1981

Top 20 records on 14 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 February 1981	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1981	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 February 1981	Robe Comparison, AU	all-time high max	39.6 C (103.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Smoky Bay, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Port Kenny (Yandra), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Port Kenny (Mount Cooper), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Wirrulla (Petina), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Hope A, CA	daily rain	70.7 mm (2.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Kimba, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Villa Cuauhtemoc, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Landsburg, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Quanbun Downs, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Nundroo, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Barras, BR	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Whitehorse A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Tierhoek, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 February 1981	Kimba (Cortlinye), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	37 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

1794 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 946 records.

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

Records on 02-14 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	1
1806	1
1825	1
1829	1
1830	1
1836	1
1845	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	8
1858	2
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	1
1898	8
1899	13
1900	1
1901	5
1902	4
1903	8
1904	12
1905	30
1906	3
1907	10
1908	20
1909	17
1910	4
1911	100
1912	11
1913	86
1914	71
1915	55
1916	62
1917	122
1918	41
1919	52
1920	26
1921	46
1922	33
1923	133
1924	108
1925	77
1926	147
1927	131
1928	255
1929	222
1930	167
1931	264
1932	243
1933	189
1934	586
1935	444
1936	929
1937	460
1938	596
1939	354
1940	278
1941	148
1942	491
1943	672
1944	435
1945	407
1946	578
1947	738
1948	522
1949	1,336
1950	595
1951	657
1952	281
1953	180
1954	1,383
1955	515
1956	382
1957	482
1958	644
1959	875
1960	945
1961	352
1962	708
1963	247
1964	176
1965	291
1966	719
1967	580
1968	526
1969	822
1970	578
1971	832
1972	379
1973	486
1974	413
1975	400
1976	511
1977	463
1978	1,158
1979	2,176
1980	681
1981	946
1982	843
1983	934
1984	1,138
1985	727
1986	937
1987	702
1988	511
1989	1,224
1990	2,162
1991	1,076
1992	829
1993	629
1994	742
1995	1,981
1996	1,102
1997	935
1998	1,409
1999	842
2000	1,242
2001	1,063
2002	683
2003	1,040
2004	1,180
2005	915
2006	668
2007	1,825
2008	855
2009	979
2010	1,051
2011	802
2012	747
2013	288
2014	1,445
2015	980
2016	1,286
2017	787
2018	391
2019	749
2020	936
2021	3,053
2022	469
2023	736
2024	647
2025	550
2026	627

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	765
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1