Weather Records on 22 February 1944

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1944. Highest significance: McArthur, US.

Key Facts for 22 February 1944

On 22 February 1944, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 549 daily.
McArthur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 22 February 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 22 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McArthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Healthy Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malavalli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ootacamund Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulundurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koratagere	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 22 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 22 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1944

Top 20 records on 22 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1944	McArthur, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1944	Sendamangalam, IN	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Tirupati, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Challakire, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Mysore, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Palladam, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Anderson Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Bens Run 1 SSE, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Manapparai, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Cairo 3 S, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Ryan, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Erode, IN	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Mt Healthy Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Devala, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Greensburg, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1944	Ottapalam, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	43 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 582 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 20	421
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1