Weather Records on 21 February 1956

460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1956. Highest significance: Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR.

Key Facts for 21 February 1956

On 21 February 1956, 460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 423 daily.
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp set a daily record precipitation of 48.4 mm (1.9 in) on 21 February 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

460 stations

460 station records on 21 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Madras	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Talent	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskrans	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lughrata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

460 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 21 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 21 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 28, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1956

Top 20 records on 21 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1956	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1956	Porthill, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1956	Chiloquin 1 E, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1956	Madras, US	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	monthly rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Talent, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Cambridge (Milford), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Grants Pass, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Irishtown, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Kent, US	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Burnie (No 1), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	all-time snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Blackbutte 1 N, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Sutherland Mwsdb, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	119 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1956	Waneta, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 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

1795 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1956. 1956 had 460 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 50	369
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1