Weather Records on 8 February 2019

1,386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 2019. Highest significance: Eaton, US.

Key Facts for 8 February 2019

On 8 February 2019, 1,386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
577 were record highs and 390 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,325 daily.
Eaton set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 February 2019.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,386 stations

1,386 station records on 8 February 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Elma	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alingsas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gendalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleyong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,386 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 367, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 8 February 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	367
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 8 February 2019 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 57, daily 1,325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,175 broken records

Margins by which the 1,175 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 2019

Top 20 records on 8 February 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 2019	Eaton, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Columbus, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	124 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	110 years	68 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Elma, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Bollebygd, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Alingsas_D, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2019	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Kings Mills, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Ellendale, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Donegal 2 NW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Boras, SE	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	113 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	118 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Robinson, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Elliston, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Circleville, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	118 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2019	Franklin, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	118 years	54 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2019. 2019 had 1,386 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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Data for records on 2019-02-08: 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 100	1,161
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1