Weather Records on 23 February 2008

914 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 2008. Highest significance: Spring Valley Sp, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 2008

On 23 February 2008, 914 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
451 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 879 daily.
Spring Valley Sp set a daily record precipitation of 32.8 mm (1.3 in) on 23 February 2008.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

914 stations

914 station records on 23 February 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spring Valley Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tonto Ck Fish Hat No2	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altamont	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuni	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lybrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

914 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 23 February 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 23 February 2008 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 879.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 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

23 February 2008

Top 20 records on 23 February 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 2008	Spring Valley Sp, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	El Morro Natl Mon, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Claryville, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Labuan, MY	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Chama, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	92 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Cerro, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Duchesne, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Concord ASOS, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Dulce, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Tonto Ck Fish Hat No2, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2008	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	123 years	41 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 914 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	608
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	19
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2