Weather Records on 16 February 2017

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 2017. Highest significance: Colville, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 2017

On 16 February 2017, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
588 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 789 daily.
Colville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 16 February 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 16 February 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hamelin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Buncom 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turany	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Konya	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quartz Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Kgw-Tv	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Knoll W C	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ruch	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 395, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 16 February 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	395
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 16 February 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 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

16 February 2017

Top 20 records on 16 February 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 2017	Colville, US	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2017	Hamelin Station, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2017	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Mudanjiang, CN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Changchun, CN	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Buncom 1 NNE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Riddle, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Dillon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Everett, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Turany, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Lead, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Newport, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Konya, TR	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Ft Morgan, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	115 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Stanley, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Moccasin Exp STN, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Foxholm 7 N, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 2017	Oberlin, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	103 years	44 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2017. 2017 had 812 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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	651
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1