Weather Records on 15 February 2008

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 2008. Highest significance: Te Kowai Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 15 February 2008

On 15 February 2008, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 472 daily.
Te Kowai Exp STN set an all-time record daily precipitation of 532.0 mm (20.9 in) on 15 February 2008.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 15 February 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	532.0 mm (20.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eton State Water Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	267.0 mm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sovatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	532.6 mm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barnganal Blue Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	356.0 mm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brampton Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alps	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cattle Camp Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cardowan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dorchester	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	532.0 mm (20.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cucurpe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Njurba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Rai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patagonia Paton Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Patagonia Paton Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Readstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belgamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 15 February 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 15 February 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 2008

Top 20 records on 15 February 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 2008	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	all-time rain	532.0 mm (20.9 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2008	Rookwood, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2008	Collinsville Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2008	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2008	Eton State Water Depot, AU	daily rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	209.0 mm (8.2 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Reedsburg Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Gargett Post Office, AU	daily rain	267.0 mm (10.5 in)	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Sovatnet, NO	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Duchesne, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Viroqua, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	532.6 mm (21.0 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.3 C (57.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Barnganal Blue Mountain, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Real del Monte, MX	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Genoa Dam 8, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2008	Gatton Vale, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 491 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	316
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1