Weather Records on 8 February 1993

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1993. Highest significance: Walnut Grove, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 1993

On 8 February 1993, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
396 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 851 daily.
Walnut Grove set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 8 February 1993.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 8 February 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Overton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulanbel'	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Peach Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aguila	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tancuilin	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Van Nuys Fc15A	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 45.

Records on 8 February 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	45

Records on 8 February 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 42, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

754 broken records

Margins by which the 754 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1993

Top 20 records on 8 February 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1993	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1993	Redlands, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1993	Overton, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1993	Los Banos Arburua Rch, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1993	Ulanbel', KZ	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Modesto AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Peach Springs, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Pioche, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Blythe ASOS, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Ura-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Quartzsite, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Williams, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Beaumont #2, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Prescott Love Fld, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Lytle Creek Rs, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Poway Valley, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Cordes, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1993	Lexington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	44 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

1798 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1993. 1993 had 894 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-02-08: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	719
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1