Weather Records on 1 February 1999

1,031 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1999. Highest significance: Pallinup, AU.

Key Facts for 1 February 1999

On 1 February 1999, 1,031 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
430 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 988 daily.
Pallinup set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 1 February 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

1,031 stations

1,031 station records on 1 February 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Talmoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kiamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loughrea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broomehill East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scaddan West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shadwell Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wambo Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Erinair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ossora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lillingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chirelillup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balikesir	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.4 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Young River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peachester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nth Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,031 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 202, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 394, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 1 February 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	202
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	394
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 1 February 1999 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 37, daily 988.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

836 broken records

Margins by which the 836 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1999

Top 20 records on 1 February 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1999	Pallinup, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1999	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	105 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1999	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1999	Talmoi, AU	all-time rain	227.0 mm (8.9 in)	120.6 mm (4.7 in)	17 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1999	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	91 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1999	Leeds, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Byrock Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Brunswick, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Nambour Dpi, AU	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Kiamba, AU	daily rain	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Loughrea, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Broomehill East, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Daandine, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Roma Downs, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Scaddan West, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Moreton Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	182.0 mm (7.2 in)	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1999	Shadwell Park, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	20 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

1795 to 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1999. 1999 had 1,031 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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Data for records on 1999-02-01: 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 20	723
20 to 40	68
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	6
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	1