Weather Records on 21 February 1987

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1987. Highest significance: Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1987

On 21 February 1987, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 631 daily.
Tumut (Wattle Cres) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.6 mm (4.2 in) on 21 February 1987.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 21 February 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Florida	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chakola (Riversdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wodonga South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Shannon Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reykjavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 21 February 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 21 February 1987 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 17, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1987

Top 20 records on 21 February 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1987	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	monthly rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1987	Carabost, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1987	Florida, US	all-time snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1987	Rucker Canyon, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	94 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Belmont, AU	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	San Simon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Argalong (the Farm), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Ensay, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Adelong Post Office, AU	all-time rain	125.4 mm (4.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Buchan, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Deming, US	monthly snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Hillston Airport, AU	daily rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Swifts Creek, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Gage, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1987	Sandia Park, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 years	46 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1987. 1987 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

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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 50	487
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1