Weather Records on 17 February 2005

538 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2005. Highest significance: Willcox, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 2005

On 17 February 2005, 538 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 517 daily.
Willcox set a daily record high minimum temperature of 8.9 C (48.0 F) on 17 February 2005.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

538 stations

538 station records on 17 February 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Evangelista (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pedricea	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angel R. Cabada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balikesir	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elkton 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panindicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenghu	China	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charcas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pitiquito	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.5 C (117.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jalpa de Mendez	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Peasco (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tak	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sedona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madras 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Slippery Rock 1 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uttenreuth	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tsogt-Ovoo	Mongolia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

538 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 161, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 17 February 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	161
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 17 February 2005 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2005

Top 20 records on 17 February 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2005	Willcox, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Kislovodsk, RU	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	San Juan Evangelista (Dge), MX	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Woodruff, US	daily low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Fuzhou, CN	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Woodruff, US	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	San Simon, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2005	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Boyne Falls, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Kilauea 1134, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Cacahoatan, MX	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Tilzapotla, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Nanping, CN	monthly rain	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Pedricea, MX	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Pasadena, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Deming, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 2005	Angel R. Cabada, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2005. 2005 had 538 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	356
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1