Weather Records on 22 February 2006

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 2006. Highest significance: Abu Hamed, SD.

Key Facts for 22 February 2006

On 22 February 2006, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
327 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 542 daily.
Abu Hamed set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 22 February 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 22 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
En Nahud	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waiahole 837	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Copala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tepetitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waimanalo Exp F 795.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burris	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tangancicuaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Libres (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record high maximum temperature	33.2 C (91.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Gallegos Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waipahu 750	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jiulong	China	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jabalpur	India	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colonia Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Abashiri	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
McCammon	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Rioja Aero.	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pindawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 22 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 22 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 2006

Top 20 records on 22 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Kassala, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	En Nahud, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Coorow, AU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Stykkisholmur, IS	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Albany, AU	daily high min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Old Faithful, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Kapalama 773, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Oujda, MA	daily low max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Ewa Plantation 741, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Santa Rosa, MX	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Kaneohe 838.1, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Waiahole 837, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2006	Covington Fltr Plt, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
22 February 2006	Copala, MX	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	33 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

1794 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 568 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 20	381
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2