Weather Records on 22 February 1999

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1999. Highest significance: Arad, RO.

Key Facts for 22 February 1999

On 22 February 1999, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 577 daily.
Arad set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 22 February 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 22 February 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telchac Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madura Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schaesberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darganata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waiakea Scd 88.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naselle 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Larrimah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stampede Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grayland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moose	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Patrias	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Unity	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record snow depth	185.4 cm (73.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 22 February 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 22 February 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1999

Top 20 records on 22 February 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1999	Arad, RO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1999	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1999	Aktobe, KZ	monthly rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Walthill 1E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Penza, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Anna Plains, AU	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Telchac Puerto, MX	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Madura Station, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Lincoln AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Dodge, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Schaesberg, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Schinnen, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Darganata, UZ	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Kaumana 88.1, US	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Vega de Alatorre, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Highmore, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Webster, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Waiakea Scd 88.2, US	daily rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1999	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	63 years	42 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 593 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 50	436
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4