Weather Records on 2 February 2023

297 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 2023. Highest significance: Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 2 February 2023

On 2 February 2023, 297 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 280 daily.
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.6 mm (1.9 in) on 2 February 2023.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 550 records.

Record Map

297 stations

297 station records on 2 February 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Van	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg-Netzstall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Straubing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg-Burgweinting	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simbach/Inn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geroda-Platz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kunming	China	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Valley	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview 6 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grafenberg-Kasberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yankton 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

297 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 2 February 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 2 February 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 2023

Top 20 records on 2 February 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 2023	Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg, DE	monthly rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	77 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2023	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	101 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2023	Van, TR	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2023	Mallersdorf/Niederbayern, DE	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2023	Birx/Rhon, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2023	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	125 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Nurnberg-Netzstall, DE	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Arnold, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Aldersbach-Kriestorf, DE	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	89 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Tann/Rhon, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Randolph, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Utsira Fyr, NO	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Tyndall, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Straubing, DE	monthly rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Hayden, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Boysen Dam, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2023	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	52 years	47 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

1795 to 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 297 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	214
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3