Weather Records on 16 February 1940

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1940. Highest significance: Bredasdorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 February 1940

On 16 February 1940, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 281 daily.
Bredasdorp set an all-time record daily precipitation of 171.2 mm (6.7 in) on 16 February 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 16 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durbanville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 16 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 16 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 6, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1940

Top 20 records on 16 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1940	Bredasdorp, ZA	all-time rain	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
16 February 1940	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1940	Putbus, DE	all-time snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Bad Blankenburg, DE	all-time snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	all-time snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Burrwood Wb, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Potsdam, DE	all-time snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Houma, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Husum, DE	daily low min	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1940	Waren, DE	all-time snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low max	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 298 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1940-02-16: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	227
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1