Weather Records on 15 February 2011

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 2011. Highest significance: Grizzly, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 2011

On 15 February 2011, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
461 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 840 daily.
Grizzly set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 15 February 2011.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 15 February 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grizzly	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.0 mm (8.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Channel Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.5 mm (8.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Redmond AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Berrimah Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Kitts	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ruch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	339.6 mm (13.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McMinns Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nice	France	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lookingglass	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 315, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 15 February 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	315
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 15 February 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 840.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 2011

Top 20 records on 15 February 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 2011	Grizzly, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2011	Darwin River Dam, AU	monthly rain	216.0 mm (8.5 in)	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2011	Channel Island, AU	monthly rain	211.5 mm (8.3 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2011	Redmond AP, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2011	Riddle, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 February 2011	Upington Agr., ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Middleboro, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	111 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Berrimah Research Farm, AU	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Winchester, US	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Howard Springs, AU	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	117 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Locke 2 W, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Ashwood, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Condon, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Wooli Beach, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Ashwood, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	McGregor, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	Paradise, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 2011	St Kitts, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	45 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 861 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	602
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1