Weather Records on 17 February 2024

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2024. Highest significance: Lattakia, SY.

Key Facts for 17 February 2024

On 17 February 2024, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 677 daily.
Lattakia set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 17 February 2024.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

703 stations

703 station records on 17 February 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lattakia	Syria	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Farley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bude	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swanage	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford City 4 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pence 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Connaught	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saverton L&D 22	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton 5 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urdzhar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saniat Rmel	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth: Mountbatten	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riberalta	Bolivia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nenjiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tete	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-53.3 C (-63.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Medora 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kzylzar	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sejmchan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-53.2 C (-63.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 97, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 17 February 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	97
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 17 February 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 677.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 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

17 February 2024

Top 20 records on 17 February 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2024	Lattakia, SY	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	88 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2024	Farley Station, AU	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Kokomo 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	120 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Centre Island, AU	daily rain	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Oxford, GB	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	129 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Hiram, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	117 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Bude, GB	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Monroe City, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	120 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	138 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Phillipsburg-Easton Brg, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Waddington, GB	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Swanage, GB	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Izana, ES	daily high min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2024	Hartford City 4 ESE, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	26 years	41 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2024. 2024 had 703 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	577
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1