Weather Records on 19 February 1997

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1997. Highest significance: Hamlin 1SW, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 1997

On 19 February 1997, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
507 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 837 daily.
Hamlin 1SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 19 February 1997.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 19 February 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Altona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pandale 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Piquete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ardtalnaig	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Rose 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leadhills	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evant 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley 11 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dal-Ftw Wscmo AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rincon del Porvenir	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luis L. Leon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 304, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 19 February 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	304
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 19 February 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 34, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 736.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1997

Top 20 records on 19 February 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1997	Hamlin 1SW, US	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1997	Ellendale, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1997	Coloso, PR	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1997	Hico, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1997	El Dorado, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 February 1997	Depot Springs, AU	all-time rain	123.5 mm (4.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Bundaleer, AU	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Altona, AU	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Pandale 1 N, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Rocksprings, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Represa Piquete, BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Quelimane, MZ	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	73.6 cm (29.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Newington, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1997	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	47 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 874 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

Download the Data

Data for records on 1997-02-19: 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 100	667
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1