Weather Records on 21 February 2018

2,891 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2018. Highest significance: Philo, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 2018

On 21 February 2018, 2,891 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,373 were record highs and 1,025 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 453 monthly and 2,428 daily.
Philo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.2 mm (3.6 in) on 21 February 2018.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 21 February 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rison	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gunnewin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.4 mm (6.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blakely Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bynum 4 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Junee Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Steeleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Langley	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,891 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 729, Lowest daily maximum 489, Highest daily minimum 644, Lowest daily minimum 536, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 81.

Records on 21 February 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	729
Lowest daily maximum	489
Highest daily minimum	644
Lowest daily minimum	536
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	81

Records on 21 February 2018 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 453, daily 2,428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,420 broken records

Margins by which the 2,420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2018

Top 20 records on 21 February 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2018	Philo, US	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	124 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 2018	Injune Post Office, AU	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Danville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	106 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Rison, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	86 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Rochester, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Crystal Valley, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Tuscola, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Gunnewin, AU	all-time rain	159.4 mm (6.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Hopper, US	monthly rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Mena, US	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Blakely Mtn Dam, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Salem, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Charlotte, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Bynum 4 SSE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2018	Junee Station, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 2,891 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 50	2,360
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1