Weather Records on 19 February 2002

1,285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 2002. Highest significance: Kenton, US.

Key Facts for 19 February 2002

On 19 February 2002, 1,285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
501 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,259 daily.
Kenton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 19 February 2002.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,285 stations

1,285 station records on 19 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eersel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel (Mount View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury (Barrington Wilderne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carrow Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leende	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenbawn Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowmans Creek (Grenell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stein (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gillastig	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orkelljunga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agedabia	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Goonahra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven (Vb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suntar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alectown (Bridgewater)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabolla (Woodbury)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaals	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Martyn St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sevenum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,285 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 711, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 19 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	711
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 19 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 1,259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,127 broken records

Margins by which the 1,127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 2002

Top 20 records on 19 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 2002	Kenton, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2002	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2002	Buxton, GB	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 February 2002	Eersel, NL	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Natoma, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Canowindra (Riverside), AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Gooloogong Post Office, AU	monthly rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Alvaro Obregon, MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Elsey, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	116 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Upper Rouchel (Mount View), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Jakutsk, RU	daily high max	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	14.0 C (25.2 F)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Muenster, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Salisbury (Barrington Wilderne, AU	daily rain	128.4 mm (5.1 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Carrow Brook, AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 2002	Leende, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 years	43 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,285 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,074
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1