Weather Records on 22 February 1949

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1949. Highest significance: Currawilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 1949

On 22 February 1949, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 496 daily.
Currawilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 22 February 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 22 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flora Valley Old	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Bingara (Emohta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arjuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 22 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 22 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 10, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1949

Top 20 records on 22 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1949	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Heyfield State School, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Deer Park AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Dargo, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Mandan Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1949	Arabella, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 509 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	397
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2