Weather Records on 28 February 2021

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 2021. Highest significance: Shijiazhuang, CN.

Key Facts for 28 February 2021

On 28 February 2021, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 796 daily.
Shijiazhuang set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 28 February 2021.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 28 February 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shijiazhuang	China	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalian	China	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valljord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 270, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 240, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 February 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	270
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	240
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 February 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 2021

Top 20 records on 28 February 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 2021	Shijiazhuang, CN	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2021	Palestine, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2021	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2021	Boysen Dam, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2021	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2021	Annex Creek, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Louisville Intl AP, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Jackson, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Georgetown Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Union City, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Dalian, CN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Evansville Museum, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	De Soto, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	119 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Taylorville 2SE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2021	Carthage, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	118 years	45 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

1796 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2021. 2021 had 855 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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Data for records on 2021-02-28: 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 20	662
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3