Weather Records on 21 February 1968

1,177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1968. Highest significance: Lilydale Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1968

On 21 February 1968, 1,177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 416 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,153 daily.
Lilydale Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 21 February 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,177 stations

1,177 station records on 21 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kanekal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kindred (Invergordon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wirraminna Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	97.0 cm (38.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,177 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 221, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 195, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 21 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	221
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	195
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 21 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 1,153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

948 broken records

Margins by which the 948 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1968

Top 20 records on 21 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1968	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1968	Kanekal, IN	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	St Patricks River (Targa Farm), AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Teresina, BR	daily rain	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Myrtle Bank (Lanoma), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Kindred (Invergordon), AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Fatehpur, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	South Springfield (South Sprin, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Ellendale, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Caveside, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Golden Valley, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Holly, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Pineview Dam, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1968	Mukundapuram, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	40 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1968. 1968 had 1,177 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 February 1968
Margin	Records
0 to 100	940
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1