Weather Records on 21 February 2022

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2022. Highest significance: Ashley, US.

Key Facts for 21 February 2022

On 21 February 2022, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 722 daily.
Ashley set a daily record snowfall of 25.9 cm (10.2 in) on 21 February 2022.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 21 February 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Macau Intl	Macau S.A.R	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Powderville 8 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zinkgruvan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neola	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rothsay	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Miagunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mengzi	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Surigao	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shields	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Volochanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vallnora_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 21 February 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 21 February 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2022

Top 20 records on 21 February 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2022	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
21 February 2022	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Billings Wtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	126 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Helsinki Kaisaniemi AWS, FI	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Mys Lopatka, RU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Pretty Rock, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Macau Intl, MO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2022	Columbus, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Ekalaka, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Wamsutter, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	91 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Sagen, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Powderville 8 NNE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Zinkgruvan, SE	monthly rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Surin, TH	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Neola, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2022	Rothsay, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	52 years	46 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 734 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	879
2022	734
2023	677
2024	648
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	613
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1