Weather Records on 17 February 1994

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1994. Highest significance: Medina, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 1994

On 17 February 1994, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
373 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 689 daily.
Medina set a daily record snow depth of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 17 February 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 17 February 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ulyanovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Udon Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muckaty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warral (Hillsia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wigwam Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kemoo Camp 8 855	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Beach Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kawaihapai 841	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milford Gm Proving Ground	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Beach Usgs 702.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 17 February 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 17 February 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

533 broken records

Margins by which the 533 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1994

Top 20 records on 17 February 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1994	Medina, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1994	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1994	Ulyanovsk, RU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1994	Udon Thani, TH	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Muckaty, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Ubon Ratchathani, TH	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Tavernier, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Warral (Hillsia), AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Monterey, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Wigwam Rsvr, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Khon Kaen, TH	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Bloemhof, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Barkhamsted, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Turkestan, KZ	daily low min	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Green Rvr, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Grafton, US	daily snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	95 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Heppner, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1994	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 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

1794 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 705 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 February 1994
Margin	Records
0 to 100	497
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1