Weather Records on 2 February 1986

1,112 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1986. Highest significance: Mt Vernon 3 NE, US.

Key Facts for 2 February 1986

On 2 February 1986, 1,112 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
704 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,074 daily.
Mt Vernon 3 NE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.5 mm (4.3 in) on 2 February 1986.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

1,112 stations

1,112 station records on 2 February 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Izeleni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Camel Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
California	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elphinstone Pocket No1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mertzon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,112 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 504, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 90, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 2 February 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	504
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	90
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 2 February 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 35, daily 1,074.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1986

Top 20 records on 2 February 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1986	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Izeleni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	266.4 mm (10.5 in)	195.3 mm (7.7 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Fulton, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Vergelegen, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	St Charles Elm Pt, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Versailles, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Valley of Lagoons, AU	monthly rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Camel Creek Station, AU	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Hermann, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1986	Valley Park, US	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Lipan 4NW, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Greenvale, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Carmi 6 NW, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Belleville Siu Rsch, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1986	Greenville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	51 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1986. 1986 had 1,112 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	858
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1