Weather Records on 22 February 1994

1,148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1994. Highest significance: Lebanon, US.

Key Facts for 22 February 1994

On 22 February 1994, 1,148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
257 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,104 daily.
Lebanon set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 22 February 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

1,148 stations

1,148 station records on 22 February 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lebanon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Jasga	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.6 mm (7.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Learmonth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh/Mohanbar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hords Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Damar	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.5 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Platte	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Truscott 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,148 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 478, Heaviest daily snowfall 179, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 22 February 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	478
Heaviest daily snowfall	179
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 22 February 1994 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 37, daily 1,104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1994

Top 20 records on 22 February 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1994	Lebanon, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Jasga, TM	all-time rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Frederick, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	79 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Valparaiso, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	95 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Mason City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Apache, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Medina, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Miller, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	O'Neill, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1994	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Onslow, AU	daily rain	185.6 mm (7.3 in)	173.4 mm (6.8 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Vlamingh Head, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Ft Madison, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Elwood 8 S, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Nanutarra, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Holdrege, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1994	Learmonth Airport, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	57 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 1,148 records.

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

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 February 1994
Margin	Records
0 to 100	895
100 to 200	41
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1