Weather Records on 22 February 1996

1,740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1996. Highest significance: Brest, BY.

Key Facts for 22 February 1996

On 22 February 1996, 1,740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,184 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 239 monthly and 1,498 daily.
Brest set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.2 mm (1.3 in) on 22 February 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

1,740 stations

1,740 station records on 22 February 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brest	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hennessey 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aceituna Wtp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Termo 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,740 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 748, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 436, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 22 February 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	748
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	436
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 22 February 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 239, daily 1,498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,364 broken records

Margins by which the 1,364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1996

Top 20 records on 22 February 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1996	Brest, BY	monthly rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Tahoe City, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Sulphur Springs, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Libode (Bos), ZA	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Roosevelt 1 S, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Perry, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Weatherford, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Newkirk 5NE, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Coleman, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Corsicana, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Tilden 4 SSE, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Holdenville 2SSE, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Albany, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Kaufman 3 SE, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Mena, US	monthly high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Brackettville, US	monthly high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Anthony, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Norwich, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	77 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1996	Champion van Riper Pk, US	daily snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30 years	44 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 1,740 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,349
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1