Weather Records on 1 February 1996

1,632 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1996. Highest significance: Breckenridge, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1996

On 1 February 1996, 1,632 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 1,036 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 61 were all-time records, 187 monthly and 1,384 daily.
Breckenridge set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 1 February 1996.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,632 stations

1,632 station records on 1 February 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Keats Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,632 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 591, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 445, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 98.

Records on 1 February 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	591
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	445
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	98

Records on 1 February 1996 by timescale: all-time 61, monthly 187, daily 1,384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,280 broken records

Margins by which the 1,280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1996

Top 20 records on 1 February 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1996	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	96 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1996	Glendora Fc 287B, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	98 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1996	Georgetown, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1996	Songkhla, TH	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1996	Ft Sumner, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Port Keats Police, AU	daily rain	230.4 mm (9.1 in)	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Shoshone, US	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Newton, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Collegeville St John's, US	monthly low min	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	all-time low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	all-time low min	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Roseau, US	daily low max	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Gila Hot Springs, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	monthly low max	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Bonfim, BR	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Vinton, US	monthly low max	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1996	Sharon, US	all-time low max	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	46 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1996. 1996 had 1,632 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	1,215
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1