Weather Records on 17 February 2010

1,544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2010. Highest significance: Forest City 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 2010

On 17 February 2010, 1,544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 514 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,434 daily.
Forest City 2 NNE set a daily record snow depth of 111.8 cm (44.0 in) on 17 February 2010.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,544 stations

1,544 station records on 17 February 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waverly	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Arkona	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Huingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
McKeesport	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Solis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Canal KM 27+250	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gross Lusewitz	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Temazcal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Los Altares	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brian Pastures	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Curinhuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Villa Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tenayuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loyalhanna Lake	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valenciana	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Rosario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lanzarote/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Stanton 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tummurrami	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abasolo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hierro/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marodian Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purisima de Bustos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acatitan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery L&D	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,544 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 444, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 473, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 275.

Records on 17 February 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	444
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	473
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	275

Records on 17 February 2010 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 91, daily 1,434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,263 broken records

Margins by which the 1,263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2010

Top 20 records on 17 February 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2010	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	74 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	Waverly, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	Arkona, DE	daily snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	Huingo, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	McKeesport, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	Boltenhagen, DE	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2010	San Mateo Acuitlapilco, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Irapuato, MX	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Presa Solis, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Gran Canal KM 27+250, MX	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Santiago Tlazala, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Woolooga, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Gross Lusewitz, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	El Temazcal, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	109 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Los Altares, MX	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Rosario, MX	monthly rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Brian Pastures, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	Jesus Maria, MX	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2010	San Miguel Curinhuato, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	53 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 1,544 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 February 2010
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,183
100 to 200	54
200 to 300	21
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3