Weather Records on 21 February 1944

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1944. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 21 February 1944

On 21 February 1944, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 289 daily.
Chitradurga set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 21 February 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 21 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vayalpad	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Khair	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Srinivaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uppiliyapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middlewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Srimushnam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.1 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Copper	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pennagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kamalapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 21 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 21 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1944

Top 20 records on 21 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1944	Chitradurga, IN	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1944	Devala, IN	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1944	Channapatana, IN	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1944	Vayalpad, IN	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Khair, IN	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Penukonda, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Srinivaspur, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Valapady, IN	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Malur, IN	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	232.4 mm (9.1 in)	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Uppiliyapuram, IN	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Mulbagal, IN	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Naduvattam, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Denkanikottah, IN	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Vallam, IN	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Middlewater, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Kumbhakonam, IN	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Walnut Grove, US	monthly snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Bangalore, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1944	Kurinjipadi, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	37 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 313 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 100	272
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1