Weather Records on 8 February 2016

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 2016. Highest significance: Sibley, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 2016

On 8 February 2016, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
503 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 739 daily.
Sibley set a daily record snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 8 February 2016.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

777 stations

777 station records on 8 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jiuquan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Floter	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhahran	Saudi Arabia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanya	China	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Studley 9NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quillayute AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart River Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	38.2 C (100.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 246, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 257, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 8 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	246
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	257
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 8 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 739.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 2016

Top 20 records on 8 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 2016	Sibley, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2016	Amery, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2016	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Orland, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Rexford, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Jiuquan, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Turlock #2, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Big Springs, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Newman, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Wray, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Ulan-Ude, RU	daily high min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Baggs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Surin, TH	monthly low min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Weaverville, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Burlington, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2016	Nephi, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	40 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

1798 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2016. 2016 had 777 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	651
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2