Weather Records on 21 February 1966

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1966. Highest significance: Orbost (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1966

On 21 February 1966, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 552 daily.
Orbost (Comparison) set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 21 February 1966.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 21 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Canajoharie	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Nungatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sardine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 21 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 21 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 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 1966

Top 20 records on 21 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1966	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1966	Brodribb River, AU	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1966	Canajoharie, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Pablillo (Smn), MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Nicholson (Yendalock), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Laghouat, DZ	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Murrungowar, AU	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Itirapina, BR	monthly rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Farmington, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Lugano, CH	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Chickasha, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Bombala (Nungatta), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Matehuala (Smn), MX	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Salzburg, AT	monthly high max	20.8 C (69.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	85 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Marathon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1966	Emerson, CA	daily low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	36 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1966. 1966 had 574 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 2026-10-13 (13 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	460
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1