Weather Records on 21 February 2009

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2009. Highest significance: Cecil Plains Homestead, AU.

Key Facts for 21 February 2009

On 21 February 2009, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 592 daily.
Cecil Plains Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 21 February 2009.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 21 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San Juan Acateno (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Huahuaxtla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tlanchinol (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cuetzalan del Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Capuluaque (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Copalillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapoaxtla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coyutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Zautla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Pescados (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mounefontein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castlereagh (Castlereagh Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vincent Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Killara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Porvenir	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.6 C (-39.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rockybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lanark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xilitla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mandala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bogarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrington 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 21 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 21 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 28, daily 592.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2009

Top 20 records on 21 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2009	Cecil Plains Homestead, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	108 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2009	Atzalan, MX	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2009	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2009	San Juan Acateno (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2009	Las Vigas, MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2009	Huahuaxtla (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Altotonga, MX	monthly rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Tlanchinol (Smn), MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Stavanger - Valand, NO	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Xicotepec de Juarez, MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Cuetzalan del Progreso, MX	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Capuluaque (Cfe), MX	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Comondu, MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Poza Rica, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Copalillo, MX	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Zacapoaxtla (Smn), MX	monthly rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Obrestad Fyr, NO	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Coyutla (Cfe), MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2009	Sviland, NO	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	44 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2009. 2009 had 622 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	450
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1