Weather Records on 17 February 1989

1,026 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1989. Highest significance: Cidra 1 E, PR.

Key Facts for 17 February 1989

On 17 February 1989, 1,026 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 973 daily.
Cidra 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 17 February 1989.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,026 stations

1,026 station records on 17 February 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ochoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omaezaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerly 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canovanas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thurber 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gurabo Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olney	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jajome Alto	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,026 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 17 February 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 17 February 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 51, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1989

Top 20 records on 17 February 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1989	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	74 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Caldwell, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Menard, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Pecos, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1989	Irozaki, JP	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Burkett, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Ochoa, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Halfway, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Coleman, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Snyder, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Juncos 1 SE, PR	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Parma Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Olga 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Graham, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1989	Omaezaki, JP	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	53 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 1,026 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	820
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2