Weather Records on 10 February 1996

1,397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1996. Highest significance: Warroad, US.

Key Facts for 10 February 1996

On 10 February 1996, 1,397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
800 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,371 daily.
Warroad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 10 February 1996.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

1,397 stations

1,397 station records on 10 February 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein "Rietpan"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Treatment Plant)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pietersburg Muni	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banderlierkop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,397 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 417, Lowest daily maximum 128, Highest daily minimum 383, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 10 February 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	417
Lowest daily maximum	128
Highest daily minimum	383
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 10 February 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 1,371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,098 broken records

Margins by which the 1,098 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1996

Top 20 records on 10 February 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1996	Warroad, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	76 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1996	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1996	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1996	Talkeetna AP, US	daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	76 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1996	Seward AP, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Nagpur Sonegaon, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	132.9 mm (5.2 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Klipfontein "Rietpan", ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Silvan, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Bridgewater (Treatment Plant), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Glenorchy (Glenorchy Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Idalia, ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Cabramurra Smhea, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Olsens Bridge (Morwell River P, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Gellibrand River West, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Blackburn, ZA	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1996	Pietersburg Muni, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1996. 1996 had 1,397 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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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	1,069
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2