Weather Records on 22 February 1940

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1940. Highest significance: Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 22 February 1940

On 22 February 1940, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 195 daily.
Cofimvaba (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 66.8 mm (2.6 in) on 22 February 1940.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 22 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 22 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 22 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

162 broken records

Margins by which the 162 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1940

Top 20 records on 22 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1940	Cofimvaba (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Soltau, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Nogales, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1940	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Zugspitze, DE	monthly high max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Sonnblick, AT	monthly high max	1.8 C (35.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Saentis, CH	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Kyabra, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Hypoluxo, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1940	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	50 years	25 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

1794 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1940. 1940 had 199 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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	147
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1