Weather Records on 21 February 1969

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1969. Highest significance: Sealy, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1969

On 21 February 1969, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 234 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 631 daily.
Sealy set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 21 February 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 21 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.4 C (-40.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.7 C (-26.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-31.2 C (-24.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.0 C (-23.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 71.

Records on 21 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	71

Records on 21 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 17, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1969

Top 20 records on 21 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1969	Sealy, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Boogardie, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Dickinson Exp STN, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Steppes (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Orderville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Kestell (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Mallina, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Gann Valley 4NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Grand Meadow, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Bottineau, US	all-time snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1969	Tatarsk, RU	daily low min	-41.3 C (-42.3 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	67 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 658 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1969-02-21: 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 100	534
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2