Weather Records on 23 February 1991

712 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1991. Highest significance: Juneau AP, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1991

On 23 February 1991, 712 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 676 daily.
Juneau AP set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 23 February 1991.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 552 records.

Record Map

712 stations

712 station records on 23 February 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Ville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vigra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grebbeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colgate	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.7 C (112.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Moffatt National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
York Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.3 C (115.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skogsforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.2 C (115.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

712 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 February 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 February 1991 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 31, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

591 broken records

Margins by which the 591 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1991

Top 20 records on 23 February 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1991	Juneau AP, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Cartersville, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Mc Ville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Singeshult, SE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Thangoo, AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Havraryd_D, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Campbell, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	St Croix Falls, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Vigra, NO	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Grebbeshult, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	University, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Sharon, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Hustadvatn, NO	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	New London, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Chappells 2 NNW, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1991	Meda, AU	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	37 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

1794 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1991. 1991 had 712 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	531
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1