Weather Records on 23 February 2021

929 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 2021. Highest significance: Beloit, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 2021

On 23 February 2021, 929 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
614 were record highs and 159 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 861 daily.
Beloit set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 23 February 2021.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

929 stations

929 station records on 23 February 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montabaur	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.1 C (-31.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.1 C (-27.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.4 C (-10.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.2 C (-31.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perelyub	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kudymkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hannover	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jur'evec	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

929 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 414, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 23 February 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	414
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 23 February 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 68, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 2021

Top 20 records on 23 February 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 2021	Beloit, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Hambantota, LK	monthly high max	35.1 C (95.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	119 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Morris 1NW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Benmore: Younger Botanic Garde, GB	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Uccle, BE	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Livermore, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Rochester, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	18.1 C (64.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Montabaur, DE	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Lichtentanne, DE	monthly high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Maastricht, NL	daily high min	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	122 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily low max	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Buxton, GB	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	San Rafael-Civic Ctr, US	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2021	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 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 929 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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Data for records on 2021-02-23: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	805
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2