Weather Records on 21 February 1958

993 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1958. Highest significance: Balfes Creek Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1958

On 21 February 1958, 993 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 927 daily.
Balfes Creek Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 326.4 mm (12.9 in) on 21 February 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

993 stations

993 station records on 21 February 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	338.8 mm (13.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	442.7 mm (17.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hermanas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mirtna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irvingdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warragai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.1 mm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	217.4 mm (8.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

993 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 318, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 21 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	318
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 21 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 58, daily 927.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

841 broken records

Margins by which the 841 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1958

Top 20 records on 21 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1958	Balfes Creek Post Office, AU	all-time rain	326.4 mm (12.9 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	48 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 1958	Trafalgar Station, AU	all-time rain	355.6 mm (14.0 in)	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	4 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1958	Dotswood Station, AU	monthly rain	178.1 mm (7.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1958	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	338.8 mm (13.3 in)	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	4 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Caboonbah, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Hillgrove Station, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Woodhouse, AU	all-time rain	442.7 mm (17.4 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Biggenden Post Office, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Nanango Wills St, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Homestead Post Office, AU	all-time rain	219.5 mm (8.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Gayndah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Hermanas, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Tarong, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Home Hill Fifteen A St, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Harlingen, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	San Benito, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1958	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1958. 1958 had 993 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	785
50 to 100	36
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	1