Weather Records on 21 February 1928

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1928. Highest significance: Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1928

On 21 February 1928, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 80 daily.
Cape Moreton Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 121.7 mm (4.8 in) on 21 February 1928.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 21 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Junction Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 47, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 21 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 80.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

66 broken records

Margins by which the 66 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1928

Top 20 records on 21 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1928	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Gympie, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Boonara, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Hewitt, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Boerne, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Temple, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Brownwood 2NE, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1928	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	186.2 mm (7.3 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	162.8 mm (6.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1928	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	30 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 81 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 20	41
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1