Weather Records on 19 February 1982

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1982. Highest significance: Falfurrias, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 1982

On 19 February 1982, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 562 daily.
Falfurrias set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 19 February 1982.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 19 February 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowknife Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schweizer-Reneke (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carnaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shangzhi	China	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kentland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hidrolandia (Batoque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Resolution A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Diredawa	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Akune	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record low maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 19 February 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 19 February 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 562.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

440 broken records

Margins by which the 440 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1982

Top 20 records on 19 February 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1982	Falfurrias, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1982	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Balasore, IN	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Yellowknife Hydro, CA	daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Schweizer-Reneke (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Princeton Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Kelly Rch, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	monthly high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Grafton, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Uniao Dos Palmares, BR	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	McAllen, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1982	Raymondville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Meruoca, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Ushibuka, JP	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Allende (Smn), MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Park River, US	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Karasjok, NO	daily high min	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1982	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	30 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 582 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 50	422
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1