Weather Records on 21 February 1942

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1942. Highest significance: Raipur, IN.

Key Facts for 21 February 1942

On 21 February 1942, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 528 daily.
Raipur set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 21 February 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

552 stations

552 station records on 21 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sardhana	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 21 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 21 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 528.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1942

Top 20 records on 21 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1942	Raipur, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Chakrata Kalsi Sr, IN	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Magarwara, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Naya Shahr, IN	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Iglas, IN	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Bhogpur, IN	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Kharar, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Nakur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Budhana, IN	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Sirathu, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Ambari, IN	monthly rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Ambala, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Naraingarh, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Narsinghpur, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Chikhalda Sr, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Hoshiarpur, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1942	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	45 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 552 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	462
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1