Weather Records on 21 February 1992

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1992. Highest significance: Wamuran, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 1992

On 21 February 1992, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 383 daily.
Wamuran set a daily record precipitation of 134.0 mm (5.3 in) on 21 February 1992.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 21 February 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Duckinwilla Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kandanga Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.4 mm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.8 mm (9.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.2 mm (9.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.5 mm (9.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bargara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	327.0 mm (12.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Conondale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	333.0 mm (13.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.6 mm (11.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goondicum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinlochewe	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara Romley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heron Island Res STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.4 mm (11.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooloombah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Table Tops	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beerburrum Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monduran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.4 mm (7.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brooweena Lahey St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.4 mm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chermside Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redland Bay Qld Uni Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Radar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	258.0 mm (10.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.0 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Alma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jimna Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	356.4 mm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	211.0 mm (8.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.2 mm (9.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.2 mm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bibaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 21 February 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 21 February 1992 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 25, daily 383.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1992

Top 20 records on 21 February 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1992	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Duckinwilla Creek, AU	monthly rain	265.2 mm (10.4 in)	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Bingera Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Kandanga Upper, AU	monthly rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Boona-Choppa, AU	daily rain	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Gympie, AU	daily rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Teddington Waterworks, AU	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Imbil Post Office, AU	monthly rain	244.4 mm (9.6 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 February 1992	Springs, AU	monthly rain	244.8 mm (9.6 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	245.2 mm (9.7 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Childers Post Office, AU	monthly rain	248.5 mm (9.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Derbent, RU	monthly rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Bargara, AU	all-time rain	327.0 mm (12.9 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Conondale Township, AU	daily rain	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Imbil Forestry, AU	monthly rain	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Como, AU	daily rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	333.0 mm (13.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Goomboorian, AU	all-time rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1992	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	244.6 mm (9.6 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	53 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1992. 1992 had 418 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 25	252
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	18
75 to 100	10
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1