Weather Records on 21 February 1930

1,334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1930. Highest significance: Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1930

On 21 February 1930, 1,334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
977 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 250 monthly and 1,081 daily.
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir) set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 21 February 1930.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,334 stations

1,334 station records on 21 February 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Nyora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,334 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 546, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 431, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 342.

Records on 21 February 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	546
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	431
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 February 1930 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 250, daily 1,081.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,165 broken records

Margins by which the 1,165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1930

Top 20 records on 21 February 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1930	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Beachport, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Penola Post Office, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Kingston SE, AU	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Merino, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Merino (Glenorchy Estate), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Robe Comparison, AU	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Kew, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Riddells Creek, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Casterton (Roseneath), AU	all-time rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1930	American River, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	47 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 1,334 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 February 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 10	972
10 to 20	88
20 to 30	42
30 to 40	36
40 to 50	21
50 to 60	6