Weather Records on 15 February 2010

1,424 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 2010. Highest significance: Lichtenburg, ZA.

Key Facts for 15 February 2010

On 15 February 2010, 1,424 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 359 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,367 daily.
Lichtenburg set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 15 February 2010.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,424 stations

1,424 station records on 15 February 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Arkona	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Natrona Lock 4	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bellata Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ingebyra (Grosses Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Verona (Shiloh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Blanchards Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cann River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thredbo Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wyseby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,424 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 255, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 126, Deepest snow cover 298.

Records on 15 February 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	255
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	126
Deepest snow cover	298

Records on 15 February 2010 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 40, daily 1,367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,145 broken records

Margins by which the 1,145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 2010

Top 20 records on 15 February 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 2010	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	111 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	all-time snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Tanybryn, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Terry, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	119 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Arkona, DE	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Boltenhagen, DE	daily snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Natrona Lock 4, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Montague Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Derrinallum (Craigmore), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2010	Bellata Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	86 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2010	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2010	Leon (Dge), MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2010	Fairmont, US	all-time snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	95 years	59 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 1,424 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 February 2010
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,054
100 to 200	71
200 to 300	15
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1