Weather Records on 22 February 1946

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1946. Highest significance: Buxton, GB.

Key Facts for 22 February 1946

On 22 February 1946, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 217 daily.
Buxton set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 22 February 1946.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 22 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	195.0 cm (76.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore(Dabra)	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Bullerana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gird	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lahar	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 22 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 22 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

179 broken records

Margins by which the 179 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1946

Top 20 records on 22 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1946	Buxton, GB	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Terry Hie Hie, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Grandchester Symes St, AU	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1946	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Sheopur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Kilba, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Cooroy Composite, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Mapleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	46 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 1946	St George, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	23 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 220 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	169
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2