Weather Records on 21 February 1959

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1959. Highest significance: Burnett 3 S, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1959

On 21 February 1959, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 285 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 380 daily.
Burnett 3 S set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 21 February 1959.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 21 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sitio Passagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tororo	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 168, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 21 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	168
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 21 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1959

Top 20 records on 21 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1959	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1959	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1959	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.4 C (81.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1959	Baddeck, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Itatira, BR	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Varzea Alegre, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	King City, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Miles City, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Sitio Passagem, BR	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Greensboro, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Farmington, US	daily low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Yazoo City, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Sumter, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Dover 1 W, US	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Eastbourne, GB	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1959	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	26 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

1795 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1959. 1959 had 383 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 100	281
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1