Weather Records on 21 February 1929

403 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1929. Highest significance: Rockhampton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1929

On 21 February 1929, 403 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 391 daily.
Rockhampton Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 388.6 mm (15.3 in) on 21 February 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

403 stations

403 station records on 21 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	388.6 mm (15.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	400.8 mm (15.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boorowa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Clyde St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muriel Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.6 C (-24.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Berne	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bongeabong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

403 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 21 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 21 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 6, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1929

Top 20 records on 21 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1929	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	all-time rain	388.6 mm (15.3 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	41 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1929	Kabra Railway STN, AU	all-time rain	400.8 mm (15.8 in)	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1929	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Stanwell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Walterhall, AU	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Johnsonville, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Portland, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	23.3 cm (9.2 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Warren (Frawley St), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Boorowa Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Trangie Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Erambie, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1929	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	9 years	39 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1929. 1929 had 403 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 200	349
200 to 400	8
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	2