Weather Records on 17 February 1922

78 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 1922. Highest significance: Woodstock West, AU.

Key Facts for 17 February 1922

On 17 February 1922, 78 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 78 daily.
Woodstock West set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 17 February 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

78 stations

78 station records on 17 February 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.6 C (-26.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

78 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 33.

Records on 17 February 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 February 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 1922

Top 20 records on 17 February 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 1922	Woodstock West, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 1922	Warrangong, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Eremeran, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Eersterivier (Bos), ZA	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Chatillon-Sur-Seine, FR	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Perm, RU	daily low min	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Blayney Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Williamstown, US	daily low max	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Southport 5 N, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Concord, US	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
17 February 1922	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	39 years	16 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

1794 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1922. 1922 had 78 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 17 February 1922
Margin	Records
0 to 10	63
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2