Weather Records on 22 February 2002

1,455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 2002. Highest significance: Mount Barnett, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 2002

On 22 February 2002, 1,455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
869 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 1,371 daily.
Mount Barnett set a daily record precipitation of 118.8 mm (4.7 in) on 22 February 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

1,455 stations

1,455 station records on 22 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grythyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Torsby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Finca la Soledad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Macumba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Youyang	China	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Khust	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kristinefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Las Margaritas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg-Easton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stalldalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nyberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lind 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,455 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 448, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 421, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 492, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	448
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	421
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	492
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 82, daily 1,371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,230 broken records

Margins by which the 1,230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 2002

Top 20 records on 22 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 2002	Mount Barnett, AU	daily rain	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2002	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2002	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2002	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	monthly rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2002	Darrington Rs, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2002	Grythyttan, SE	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Vannas, SE	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	102 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Torsby, SE	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Finca la Soledad, MX	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Kurundi, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Macumba, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	110 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Wasco, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Mount Amhurst, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Ust-Maja, RU	daily high min	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Youyang, CN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Khust, UA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Kristinefors, SE	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2002	Los Gatos, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	46 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 1,455 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 2026-10-15 (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	1,197
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2