Weather Records on 15 February 1997

1,030 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 February 1997. Highest significance: Kalispell Glacier AP, US.

Key Facts for 15 February 1997

On 15 February 1997, 1,030 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
275 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 994 daily.
Kalispell Glacier AP set a daily record snow depth of 106.7 cm (42.0 in) on 15 February 1997.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,030 stations

1,030 station records on 15 February 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 February 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
The Garden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bendena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glentana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenapp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barney	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kharkiv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canisteo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grevillia (Summerland Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sain Alto	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Homeleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
X-Pichil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carramar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Delmore Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,030 records

Records set or tied on 15 February 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 15 February 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 15 February 1997 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 994.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

834 broken records

Margins by which the 834 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 February 1997

Top 20 records on 15 February 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 February 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1997	Rathdowney Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1997	Hansboro 4 NNE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1997	Pratten, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 February 1997	Melva, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Anacortes, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Westland, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	The Garden, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Bendena, AU	all-time rain	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs), MX	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Undoolya, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Maroon, AU	daily rain	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Stillmore, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Glentana, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Glenapp, AU	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Wakefield, AU	monthly rain	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 February 1997	Palen Creek Correctional, AU	daily rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	16 years	50 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,030 records.

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

Records on 02-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	1
1828	1
1829	1
1830	2
1838	1
1849	1
1855	3
1856	3
1858	3
1859	1
1865	2
1867	3
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	5
1876	2
1877	2
1880	1
1882	4
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	11
1899	7
1900	8
1901	9
1902	2
1903	25
1904	14
1905	16
1906	4
1907	22
1908	50
1909	16
1910	4
1911	33
1912	12
1913	163
1914	82
1915	47
1916	60
1917	82
1918	57
1919	46
1920	29
1921	99
1922	36
1923	68
1924	204
1925	102
1926	61
1927	112
1928	359
1929	286
1930	130
1931	189
1932	230
1933	108
1934	198
1935	523
1936	1,058
1937	219
1938	429
1939	495
1940	230
1941	109
1942	461
1943	1,126
1944	314
1945	700
1946	306
1947	613
1948	376
1949	1,255
1950	489
1951	380
1952	186
1953	385
1954	1,850
1955	722
1956	710
1957	444
1958	714
1959	541
1960	555
1961	480
1962	718
1963	270
1964	405
1965	305
1966	467
1967	632
1968	321
1969	844
1970	589
1971	551
1972	444
1973	531
1974	375
1975	587
1976	754
1977	544
1978	1,271
1979	1,599
1980	1,007
1981	1,111
1982	1,014
1983	574
1984	928
1985	866
1986	1,273
1987	882
1988	481
1989	1,765
1990	2,706
1991	1,120
1992	887
1993	1,327
1994	676
1995	1,916
1996	955
1997	1,030
1998	1,483
1999	913
2000	962
2001	1,224
2002	525
2003	1,029
2004	1,093
2005	695
2006	872
2007	2,115
2008	491
2009	910
2010	1,424
2011	861
2012	562
2013	257
2014	1,549
2015	1,173
2016	1,209
2017	575
2018	754
2019	979
2020	583
2021	3,289
2022	468
2023	1,064
2024	967
2025	506
2026	690

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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	809
100 to 200	20
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2