Weather Records on 3 February 2022

951 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2022. Highest significance: Rockville, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 2022

On 3 February 2022, 951 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 936 daily.
Rockville set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 3 February 2022.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

951 stations

951 station records on 3 February 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville Drake Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nagqu	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gravette	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grand Ledge 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cass City 1 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bremond	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

951 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 275, Deepest snow cover 113.

Records on 3 February 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	275
Deepest snow cover	113

Records on 3 February 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 12, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

811 broken records

Margins by which the 811 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2022

Top 20 records on 3 February 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2022	Rockville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Parkersburg AP, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	125 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Fayetteville Drake Fld, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Nagqu, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Gravette, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	108 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2022	Grand Ledge 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Three Rivers, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Grenola 1 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Seminole, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Bentley, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Cass City 1 SSW, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Charlotte, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Seymour 3NW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	116 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Cassville 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2022	Los Lunas 3 SSW, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	64 years	55 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 951 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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Data for records on 2022-02-03: 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	666
50 to 100	102
100 to 150	32
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	1