Weather Records on 21 February 1933

229 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1933. Highest significance: Lifjell, NO.

Key Facts for 21 February 1933

On 21 February 1933, 229 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 228 daily.
Lifjell set a daily record precipitation of 27.5 mm (1.1 in) on 21 February 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

229 stations

229 station records on 21 February 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kannauj	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chhuikhadan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

229 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1933

Top 20 records on 21 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1933	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1933	Pachamba, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1933	Balumath, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1933	Lanji, IN	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily low max	3.2 C (37.8 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Latehar, IN	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Durg(Drug), IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Charlottetown, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Sakti, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Bironkhol, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1933	Glacier, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	39 years	21 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 229 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 25	185
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1