Weather Records on 21 February 1931

197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1931. Highest significance: Bridgeport, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1931

On 21 February 1931, 197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 194 daily.
Bridgeport set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 21 February 1931.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

197 stations

197 station records on 21 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sitapur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sihora Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	126.0 cm (49.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	144.0 cm (56.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin 1 Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Biscuit Flat (Woolmit)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

197 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1931

Top 20 records on 21 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1931	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1931	Tomahawk Creek (Irrewillipe Ea, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Murwara(Kathi), IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Aseral, NO	all-time snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Exwell Park, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Altentreptow, DE	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Colby, US	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Yuma, US	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Dresden, US	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Haigler, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1931	Chicoutimi, CA	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	44 years	20 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 197 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	878
2022	734
2023	677
2024	647
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 2026-10-15 (15 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 50	159
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2