Weather Records on 23 February 2022

2,595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 2022. Highest significance: Petersburg 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 2022

On 23 February 2022, 2,595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 1,898 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 2,552 daily.
Petersburg 2 N set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 23 February 2022.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 23 February 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.5 mm (8.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Katoota	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Como	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beenham Valley Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	424.0 mm (16.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marrickville Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Traveston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record snow depth	162.6 cm (64.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,595 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 986, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 912, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 96, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 23 February 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	986
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	912
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	96
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 23 February 2022 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 2,552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,243 broken records

Margins by which the 2,243 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 863.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 2022

Top 20 records on 23 February 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 2022	Petersburg 2 N, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	73 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
23 February 2022	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	212.5 mm (8.4 in)	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2022	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 2022	Katoota, AU	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Rose Bay (Royal Sydney Golf Cl, AU	daily rain	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Cuyamaca, US	daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Sirte, LY	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Como, AU	daily rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Owyhee Dam, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Sydney Airport AMO, AU	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Beenham Valley Rd, AU	daily rain	424.0 mm (16.7 in)	274.0 mm (10.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Moro, US	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Evanston 1 E, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Marrickville Golf Club, AU	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Walden, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Dubois, US	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Natural Brg, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	128 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 2022	Askino, RU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2,595 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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 200	2,237
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1