Weather Records on 21 February 2005

840 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2005. Highest significance: Bigga (Wyoming), AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 2005

On 21 February 2005, 840 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 809 daily.
Bigga (Wyoming) set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 21 February 2005.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

840 stations

840 station records on 21 February 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bigga (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bannaby (Hillasmount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Circle C)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Kiriwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyangala Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Combienbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sebewaing	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wollombi (Narone Creek Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joadja (Greenwalk)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taylors Flat (Davislea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Research Centre (Evans S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral (Parry Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Essex Fells Svc Bldg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Greenmantle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
High Range (Wanganderry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Corner (Wingadeena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richlands (Bouverie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Torokina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gardnerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Nelungaloo (Nelungaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon (Plattwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Hillwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 5 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

840 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 21 February 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 21 February 2005 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2005

Top 20 records on 21 February 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2005	Bigga (Wyoming), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Wabash, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Bannaby (Hillasmount), AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Pasadena, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Taralga (Circle C), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Taralga (Kiriwin), AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Wyangala Dam, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Combienbar, AU	daily rain	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Sebewaing, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Mormon Flat, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Wollombi (Narone Creek Rd), AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Joadja (Greenwalk), AU	daily rain	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Berowra (Goodwyn Road), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2005	Taylors Flat (Davislea), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 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

1795 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2005. 2005 had 840 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	617
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1