Weather Records on 21 February 2016

1,151 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2016. Highest significance: Brocken, DE.

Key Facts for 21 February 2016

On 21 February 2016, 1,151 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
912 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,120 daily.
Brocken set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 21 February 2016.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,151 stations

1,151 station records on 21 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Jixi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rapa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quickborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klazienaveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chimoio	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penang	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chihuahua	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,151 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 386, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 526, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	386
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	526
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 1,120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

972 broken records

Margins by which the 972 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 558.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2016

Top 20 records on 21 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2016	Brocken, DE	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2016	Jixi, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2016	Homer 8 NW, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Homer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	55.8 cm (22.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Kr. Cuxhaven Steinau, DE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Homer AP, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Rapa, PF	daily rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Freiburg/Elbe, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Quickborn, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	6.3 C (43.3 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	139 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Hamburg-Neuwiedenthal, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Wakayama, JP	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Klazienaveen, NL	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	139 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Hardy, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Cooper Lake, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Nashville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Marre-Sale, RU	daily high min	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2016	Helena, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	106 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 1,151 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	969
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1