Weather Records on 24 February 2021

860 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2021. Highest significance: Alberta Ford For Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 2021

On 24 February 2021, 860 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
597 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 144 monthly and 716 daily.
Alberta Ford For Ctr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 24 February 2021.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 559 records.

Record Map

860 stations

860 station records on 24 February 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alberta Ford For Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monklands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dachwig	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Island AWS	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rijeka	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Biddle 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yibin	China	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sohar Majis	Oman	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hollisdale (Pappinbarra Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sam	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jur'evec	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirs	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

860 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 365, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 232, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 24 February 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	365
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	232
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 24 February 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 144, daily 716.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

762 broken records

Margins by which the 762 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 February 2021

Top 20 records on 24 February 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2021	Alberta Ford For Ctr, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2021	Iwamizawa, JP	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2021	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Monklands, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Towner 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Wallace, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	120 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Maastricht, NL	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Mahackala, RU	daily low max	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Anyang, CN	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	95 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Nurnberg, DE	monthly high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Morris 1NW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Carlyle 13 NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Cangai (Smelter Creek), AU	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Zugspitze, DE	daily high max	3.6 C (38.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2021	Rheinstetten, DE	monthly high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	60 years	37 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 860 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 2021-02-24: 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 25	736
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1