Weather Records on 21 February 2019

1,330 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2019. Highest significance: Flagstaff AP, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 2019

On 21 February 2019, 1,330 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
349 were record highs and 494 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,263 daily.
Flagstaff AP set an all-time record daily snowfall of 91.2 cm (35.9 in) on 21 February 2019.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,330 stations

1,330 station records on 21 February 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.2 cm (35.9 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Payson	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Partoun	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rio Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dachen Dao	China	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,330 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 317, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 177, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 137, Deepest snow cover 132.

Records on 21 February 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	317
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	177
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	137
Deepest snow cover	132

Records on 21 February 2019 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 51, daily 1,263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,143 broken records

Margins by which the 1,143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2019

Top 20 records on 21 February 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2019	Flagstaff AP, US	all-time snowfall	91.2 cm (35.9 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	124 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 2019	Williams, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29.8 cm (11.7 in)	104 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2019	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2019	Natural Brg, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	102 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2019	Moose Pass 3NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2019	Williams, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2019	Payson, US	daily snowfall	41.1 cm (16.2 in)	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Bagdad, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Walnut Creek, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Blanding, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Landsburg, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Red Lake Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Beaver Dam, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Partoun, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Sines Deep Creek, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Grundy Ctr, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2019	Moab, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	120 years	49 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 1,330 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 February 2019
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,094
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1