Weather Records on 17 February 1982

732 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1982. Highest significance: Bontfontein, ZA.

Key Facts for 17 February 1982

On 17 February 1982, 732 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 713 daily.
Bontfontein set a daily record precipitation of 110.5 mm (4.4 in) on 17 February 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

732 stations

732 station records on 17 February 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bontfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schoongezicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Lake A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coalinga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loris 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mathias	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg 8 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

732 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 216, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 261, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 17 February 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	216
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 17 February 1982 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1982

Top 20 records on 17 February 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1982	Bontfontein, ZA	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 February 1982	Etwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Schoongezicht, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Crystal Valley, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Rushville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Glenwood 2WNW, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Sharon Springs, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Fada N'Gourma, BF	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Baker Lake A, CA	daily snowfall	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Rustplaats, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Nashville 1 E, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Besonderheid"Byzonderhd.", ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Watseka Public Works, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Franklin, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1982	Welbedacht Agric Office, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	38 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 732 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 100	545
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1