Weather Records on 17 February 2022

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2022. Highest significance: Du Quoin 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 2022

On 17 February 2022, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
537 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,091 daily.
Du Quoin 4 SE set a daily record precipitation of 77.2 mm (3.0 in) on 17 February 2022.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 17 February 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
N Vernon 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sattahip	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 360, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 441, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 17 February 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	360
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	441
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 17 February 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 1,091.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

962 broken records

Margins by which the 962 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2022

Top 20 records on 17 February 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2022	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	112 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2022	Lowell, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2022	Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2022	Haikou, CN	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2022	John Glenn Intl AP, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2022	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Zanesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Georgetown Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Farmington, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Pana, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Saint Johns, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	N Vernon 2 ESE, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2022	Coshocton Wpc Plt, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	112 years	52 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 1,116 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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 20	866
20 to 40	73
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	5