Weather Records on 21 February 1998

1,100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1998. Highest significance: Mt Shasta, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 1998

On 21 February 1998, 1,100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
736 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,061 daily.
Mt Shasta set a daily record snowfall of 58.4 cm (23.0 in) on 21 February 1998.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,100 stations

1,100 station records on 21 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powers	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Langlois #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Carlos Martinez de Pi	Peru	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Suhana	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lookout Pt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahl/Main	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Merklingen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rjazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zeitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malinaltepec (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,100 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 384, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 352, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 21 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	384
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	352
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 21 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 1,061.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

931 broken records

Margins by which the 931 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1998

Top 20 records on 21 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1998	Mt Shasta, US	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Zugspitze, DE	daily high min	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Keno, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	18.8 C (65.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Vasilevici, BY	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Wickiup Dam, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	Rantoul, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1998	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Powers, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Onslow Airport, AU	daily high max	47.0 C (116.6 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Williams 1 NW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Kushiro, JP	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Eelde, NL	daily high min	7.4 C (45.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	64 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	72 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1998	Chico UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1998. 1998 had 1,100 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 2026-10-13 (13 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 February 1998
Margin	Records
0 to 100	925
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1