Weather Records on 23 February 1942

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1942. Highest significance: Mt Ayr, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1942

On 23 February 1942, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
8 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 344 daily.
Mt Ayr set a daily record snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 23 February 1942.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 23 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hunterganj	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 9, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 317.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1942

Top 20 records on 23 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1942	Mt Ayr, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31.7 cm (12.5 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Wokha, IN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	St Joseph Wbo, US	all-time snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Brome, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Waterloo 6SW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Fayette, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Highmore, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1942	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1942	Blair, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1942	Galway, IE	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	33 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 355 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	275
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1