Weather Records on 15 February 1992

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1992. Highest significance: Independence #1, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1992

On 15 February 1992, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 871 daily.
Independence #1 set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 15 February 1992.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 15 February 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Independence #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waianae 798	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ohs	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malsburg-Marzell-Friedrichshei	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fresno Yosemite Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stora_Segerstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winona 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Evart	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lnai Culture & Heritage Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encantado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caduao	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanita Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salinas #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Yucuhiti (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorimor	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caribou 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 458, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 15 February 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	458
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 15 February 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 871.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1992

Top 20 records on 15 February 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1992	Independence #1, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	110 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1992	Zhytomyr, UA	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1992	Waianae 798, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1992	Gilman, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1992	Grant City, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1992	Ohs, SE	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Malsburg-Marzell-Friedrichshei, DE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	W Pt, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Steamboat Rock, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Lyons, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Sheboygan, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Fresno Yosemite Intl, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Stora_Segerstad, SE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Helen, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Cadillac, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1992	Naha, JP	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	45 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 887 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	723
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1