Weather Records on 17 February 1943

542 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1943. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1943

On 17 February 1943, 542 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 504 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 17 February 1943.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

542 stations

542 station records on 17 February 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Saltia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hookina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mundallio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avondale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

542 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 17 February 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 17 February 1943 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1943

Top 20 records on 17 February 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1943	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1943	Port Germein, AU	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1943	Crystal Brook, AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Wirrabara, AU	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Port Augusta (Saltia), AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Caltowie, AU	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Stonyfell, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Mallala, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Freeling Railway, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Bologna, IT	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Wirrabara Forest, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1943	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	48 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 542 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	479
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1
1200 to 1400	1