Weather Records on 23 February 2014

502 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 2014. Highest significance: Big Springs, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 2014

On 23 February 2014, 502 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 488 daily.
Big Springs set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 23 February 2014.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

502 stations

502 station records on 23 February 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gjengedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandane	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nordfjordeid - Nymark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyseby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lodge 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milanville	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.4 C (-31.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Baker Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hecla 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagykanizsa	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breckenridge	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hannaford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fiskabygd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cody 12SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de Los Toros	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Duvan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

502 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 76.

Records on 23 February 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	76

Records on 23 February 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

407 broken records

Margins by which the 407 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 2014

Top 20 records on 23 February 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 2014	Big Springs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	71 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2014	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2014	Smith Ctr, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Gjengedal, NO	daily rain	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Sandane, NO	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Anadyr, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	94 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Curtis, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Nordfjordeid - Nymark, NO	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Conconully, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Wyseby, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Crescent Lake Nwr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2014	Deer Lodge 3 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	42 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 502 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 23 February 2014
Margin	Records
0 to 50	346
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	6