Weather Records on 21 February 1965

275 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1965. Highest significance: Murray Island, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1965

On 21 February 1965, 275 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 271 daily.
Murray Island set a daily record precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 21 February 1965.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

275 stations

275 station records on 21 February 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koordarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heaslip	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.1 C (109.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zacapu (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gretna (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gretna (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

275 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 21 February 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 21 February 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 271.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1965

Top 20 records on 21 February 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1965	Murray Island, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1965	Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S, MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1965	San Gabriel, MX	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1965	Tehachapi, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1965	Palisade, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1965	Elko, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Lisbon, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Haina 214, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Snowtown, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Khorog, TJ	daily low min	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Paso Robles, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Koordarrie, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Deer Lake, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily low max	1.6 C (34.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1965	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	37 years	27 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1965. 1965 had 275 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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Data for records on 1965-02-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	172
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1