Weather Records on 23 February 1922

158 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1922. Highest significance: Harrisville, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1922

On 23 February 1922, 158 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 148 daily.
Harrisville set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 23 February 1922.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

158 stations

158 station records on 23 February 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

158 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 23 February 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 February 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

143 broken records

Margins by which the 143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1922

Top 20 records on 23 February 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1922	Harrisville, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1922	Portage Wwtp, US	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1922	Methven, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1922	La Crosse River, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1922	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1922	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Morgantown 1, US	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Sydney, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Rogers, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Gudgenby, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	St John's, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Gulgong Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Vineland, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1922	Washington, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	47 years	23 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 158 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	133
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1