Weather Records on 21 February 1989

866 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1989. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1989

On 21 February 1989, 866 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 849 daily.
Franklin set a daily record precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 21 February 1989.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

866 stations

866 station records on 21 February 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Intake Wainiha 1086	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
North Springs 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shakawe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cynthiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Hickory Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	200.0 cm (78.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nyssa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ford City 4 S Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mimosa Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salina 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa Tun 2 716	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

866 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 494, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 21 February 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	494
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 21 February 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 750.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1989

Top 20 records on 21 February 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1989	Franklin, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1989	Ashland, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1989	Gloversville, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1989	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1989	Lebanon, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Sargents, US	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Intake Wainiha 1086, US	daily rain	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Vale, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Grayson 3 SW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Holly Springs 4 N, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Edgefield 3 NNE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Greensburg 5 SW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Gallipolis, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Twyfelspoort, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Zwartruggens (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	82 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Greensburg, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Liberty, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1989	Oneida, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 866 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 100	729
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1