Weather Records on 2 February 2018

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 2018. Highest significance: Tasiilaq, GL.

Key Facts for 2 February 2018

On 2 February 2018, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
577 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 810 daily.
Tasiilaq set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 2 February 2018.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 2 February 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holmbo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beartooth Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.5 mm (8.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kocevje	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manzanillo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skattungbyn	Sweden	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hazelton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grizzly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kula Hospital 267	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Applethorpe	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Drillham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 321, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 February 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	321
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 February 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 810.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

693 broken records

Margins by which the 693 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 2018

Top 20 records on 2 February 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 2018	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Calarasi, RO	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Anqing, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Orovada 3 W, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Kealakekua 26.2, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Duchesne, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Archerfield Airport, AU	monthly low max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Roseburg Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Holmbo_D, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Newman, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Dulce, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Beartooth Lake, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Sredhekolymsk, RU	daily high max	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	10.3 C (18.5 F)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Lahontan Dam, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	213.5 mm (8.4 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Cluj Napoca, RO	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Kocevje, SI	daily rain	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2018	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	37 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

1795 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 838 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-02-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	666
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1