Weather Records on 22 February 1942

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1942. Highest significance: Bhagalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 22 February 1942

On 22 February 1942, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 364 daily.
Bhagalpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 22 February 1942.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 22 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbaras Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bansi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banka	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barachatti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaya	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Handia	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Najibabad	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saidpur Bhitari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Godda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 22 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 22 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1942

Top 20 records on 22 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1942	Bhagalpur, IN	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Koath, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Nagla, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Ghazipur, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Sunbaras Sr, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Bansi, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Montello 2NE, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Nuwejaarskraal, ZA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Daudnagar(Haspur), IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Upper Shillong, IN	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Armagh, GB	daily low max	0.8 C (33.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Jamalpur, IN	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Banka, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1942	Barachatti, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	38 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

1794 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 381 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	310
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1