Weather Records on 19 February 1981

2,345 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1981. Highest significance: Brooksville Chin Hill, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 1981

On 19 February 1981, 2,345 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2,086 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 2,198 daily.
Brooksville Chin Hill set a daily record precipitation of 113.8 mm (4.5 in) on 19 February 1981.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 19 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
High Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enderby	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denman (Palace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hardy A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,345 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 1,088, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 998, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1,088
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	998
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 147, daily 2,198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,901 broken records

Margins by which the 1,901 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 190.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1981

Top 20 records on 19 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1981	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1981	Batavia, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1981	Miami Beach, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1981	Royal Palm Rs, US	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1981	Westfield 2 SSE, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Kynuna, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Port Hope, CA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Hiram, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	John Glenn Intl AP, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	High Springs, US	monthly rain	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Dillon AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Beaver Dam Wwtp, US	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Enderby, CA	monthly high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1981	Rumoi, JP	daily rain	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1981	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,345 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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 25	1,877
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1