Weather Records on 2 February 1983

1,692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1983. Highest significance: Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 February 1983

On 2 February 1983, 1,692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 25 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,578 daily.
Ngqeleni (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.0 mm (4.5 in) on 2 February 1983.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

1,692 stations

1,692 station records on 2 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Santa Gertrudes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Catigua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	170.3 mm (6.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baixo Cotia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dona Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Petawawa Nat Forestry	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peck 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miltonvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Engordador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.9 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ojos Negros	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Altinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urupes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Sofia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.1 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Rbg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Paulo (Aeroport	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,692 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 850, Heaviest daily snowfall 306, Deepest snow cover 113.

Records on 2 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	850
Heaviest daily snowfall	306
Deepest snow cover	113

Records on 2 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 25, monthly 89, daily 1,578.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,474 broken records

Margins by which the 1,474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1983

Top 20 records on 2 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1983	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Mecca Fire STN, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Rochester Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Baraboo Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Trenton Ont Hydro, CA	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Robertsdale, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Perryton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Santa Gertrudes, BR	all-time rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	Mexicali (Smn), MX	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1983	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Catigua, BR	monthly rain	170.3 mm (6.7 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Baixo Cotia, BR	daily rain	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Usina Gaviao Peixoto (Cpfl), BR	monthly rain	133.7 mm (5.3 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Dona Catarina, BR	monthly rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Farmington 3NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	89 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Petawawa Nat Forestry, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1983	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	54 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

1795 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 1,692 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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 50	1,261
50 to 100	128
100 to 150	52
150 to 200	20
200 to 250	12
250 to 300	1