Weather Records on 21 February 1916

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1916. Highest significance: Michelago (Soglio), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1916

On 21 February 1916, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 81 daily.
Michelago (Soglio) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 21 February 1916.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

82 stations

82 station records on 21 February 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 27, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 21 February 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 February 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

73 broken records

Margins by which the 73 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1916

Top 20 records on 21 February 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1916	Michelago (Soglio), AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Concord, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Quebec, CA	daily low max	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Lake Cowal, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Stonecliffe, CA	daily low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low min	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Barrie, CA	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Parry Sound, CA	daily low max	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Parry Sound, CA	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Southampton, CA	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Baradine Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Barrie, CA	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1916	Saint John, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	25 years	17 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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 82 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	879
2022	734
2023	677
2024	648
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	66
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1