Weather Records on 22 February 2021

887 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 2021. Highest significance: Katherine Council, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 2021

On 22 February 2021, 887 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
516 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 804 daily.
Katherine Council set a daily record precipitation of 162.0 mm (6.4 in) on 22 February 2021.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

887 stations

887 station records on 22 February 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xilin Hot	China	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oshima	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kidman Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boltenhagen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

887 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 361, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 123.

Records on 22 February 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	361
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	123

Records on 22 February 2021 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 80, daily 804.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 2021

Top 20 records on 22 February 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 2021	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2021	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2021	Kosice, SK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2021	Beloit, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Brocken, DE	monthly high max	14.6 C (58.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	120 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Keo, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Morris 1NW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Riverton, US	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	122 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	118 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Boras, SE	daily high max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Rockwell City, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Tionesta 2 SE Lake, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Syktyvkar, RU	daily low max	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Basel Binningen, CH	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	85 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2021	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	113 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 887 records.

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

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	713
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1