Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024

Name: Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024
Start: 2024-02-10
End: 2024-02-23
Location: United States

Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024: 188 records at 59 stations, peak on 14 February 2024. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024 set or tied 188 station records at 59 stations.
It ran from 10 February 2024 to 23 February 2024 (14 days) and its peak day was 14 February 2024.
Status: closed.
Nenana Muni AP set a daily record high maximum temperature of 8.3 C (46.9 F) on 13 February 2024.
The busiest day was 14 February 2024 with 45 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 121 years.

Footprint

10 to 23 February 2024

The area covered by Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024 is outlined, with 14 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Nenana Muni AP	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2024-02-13
Cordova AP	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2024-02-16
Kenai AP	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2024-02-14
Talkeetna AP	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2024-02-20
Matanuska Exp Farm	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2024-02-14
Seward AP	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2024-02-16
Anchorage Merrill Fld	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2024-02-20
Big Delta AP	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2024-02-13
McKinley Park	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2024-02-14
Craig	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2024-02-16
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2024-02-20
Gulkana AP	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2024-02-20
Fairbanks Intl AP	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	2024-02-20
Gilmore Creek	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2024-02-14

Records per Day

Peak day 45

Records set or tied each day from 10 February 2024 to 23 February 2024. The most in one day was 45 on 14 February 2024.

Records per day during Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024
Date	Records
2024-02-10	1
2024-02-12	2
2024-02-13	37
2024-02-14	45
2024-02-15	21
2024-02-16	23
2024-02-17	11
2024-02-18	6
2024-02-19	4
2024-02-20	20
2024-02-21	12
2024-02-22	5
2024-02-23	1

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024 ranked by margin
Nenana Muni AP, 02-13	7.2 C (13.0 F)
Gilmore Creek, 02-14	4.5 C (8.1 F)
Big Delta AP, 02-13	4.4 C (7.9 F)
Cordova AP, 02-16	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Nenana Muni AP, 02-14	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Anchorage Merrill Fld, 02-20	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP, 02-20	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Talkeetna AP, 02-20	2.2 C (4.0 F)
Nenana Muni AP, 02-14	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Gulkana AP, 02-20	1.7 C (3.1 F)
Kenai AP, 02-14	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Gulkana AP, 02-20	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Fairbanks Intl AP, 02-20	1.2 C (2.2 F)
Matanuska Exp Farm, 02-14	1.1 C (2.0 F)
Seward AP, 02-16	1.1 C (2.0 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

188 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.2	104
3.3	89
3.3	104
1.6	121
2.2	104
1.1	104
1.1	89
2.3	81
4.4	70
1.7	81
0.6	82
0.6	82
0.6	80
2.3	70
1.7	60
0.6	60
1.6	61
1.2	61
0.6	60
4.5	53
0.6	65
0.5	64
1.1	53
3.9	53
0.5	65
2.7	53
4.5	53
2.7	46
2.7	50
1.1	46
1.1	46
3.3	44
1.7	46
2.2	46
0.6	46
0.5	46
2.3	37
1.1	46
0.6	46
2.7	20
2.7	16
3.3	8
1.7	44
8.9	24
5.7	34
0.5	45
0.5	46
0.6	21
1.6	36
8.4	26
3.4	36
4.5	20
2.7	16
3.3	30
3.4	30
0.6	30
0.6	34
2.3	30
2.8	8
2.7	32
0.5	30
2.2	30
3.4	30
2.6	30
2.8	16
1.1	30
1.1	13
1.7	8
3.9	17
0.5	37
0.6	36
3.9	24
6.2	14
6.7	14
5.6	17
2.7	30
2.2	30
2.0	30
1.7	30
2.3	30
1.1	16
2.2	16
2.2	12
3.7	6
0.6	30
1.6	17
6.1	6
0.9	30
4.6	17
1.2	12
3.8	5
1.1	20
1.6	8
1.1	30
1.1	30
1.7	30
1.1	30
0.2	30
0.6	30
2.4	24
0.6	8
0.6	30
2.3	16
1.7	22
0.6	25
3.4	17
2.3	24
0.6	30
1.7	26
3.2	17
0.3	26
1.7	22
3.4	4
3.3	8
5.0	8
5.0	8
5.6	8
1.1	24
1.7	20
3.4	13
5.3	8
3.3	13
3.5	13
5.2	6
0.7	20
1.7	8
0.6	4
2.2	13
3.3	8
0.6	16
1.1	17
1.1	16
2.8	14
2.2	17
0.5	24
0.6	24
1.7	20
3.7	12
2.6	13
0.6	22
0.6	25
3.0	8
1.1	6
1.1	8
2.8	8
3.9	6
3.4	4
2.8	12
0.6	20
3.3	6
1.7	16
0.6	17
2.9	8
0.2	17
1.4	14
0.6	17
0.7	17
3.0	8
1.1	13
1.1	8
3.4	8
2.2	12
1.1	13
2.2	10
0.6	17
1.1	14
1.6	13
1.7	12
4.4	5
0.5	13
0.6	14
1.1	12
1.7	8
2.2	8
1.1	12
1.2	12
2.4	6
0.4	12
1.0	8
0.8	12
0.2	16
1.4	8
0.5	16
1.4	8
1.1	8
1.3	5
0.5	8
0.5	8

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024 compared with similar events
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 16 January to 14 February 2024	9,869 records
Heat wave in United States, 28 January to 24 February 2026	6,528 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 24 May to 19 June 2020	5,047 records
Heat wave in United States and Mexico, 26 March to 17 April 2021	3,669 records
Heat wave in Germany and 49 other countries, 18 December 2021 to 15 January 2022	3,626 records
Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024 (this event)	188 records

Every Record Set

20 of 188

Every record set or tied during Heat wave in United States, 10 to 23 February 2024, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2024-02-13	Nenana Muni AP	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	104	47 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-13	Big Delta AP	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	70	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-14	Nenana Muni AP	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104	43 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-14	Kenai AP	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	121	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-14	Matanuska Exp Farm	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104	41 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-14	Nenana Muni AP	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	81	35 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-14	McKinley Park	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-14	Gilmore Creek	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	53	27 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-16	Cordova AP	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89	44 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-16	Seward AP	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89	38 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-16	Craig	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80	33 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-17	McKinley Park	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82	34 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-17	Cordova AP	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-20	Talkeetna AP	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104	42 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-20	Anchorage Merrill Fld	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81	36 of 100 (Notable)
2024-02-20	Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	70	31 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-20	Gulkana AP	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60	30 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-20	Gulkana AP	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	61	29 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-20	Fairbanks Intl AP	Record high minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	61	28 of 100 (Routine)
2024-02-21	Gulkana AP	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60	28 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 188 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.2	104
3.3	89
3.3	104
1.6	121
2.2	104
1.1	104
1.1	89
2.3	81
4.4	70
1.7	81
0.6	82
0.6	82
0.6	80
2.3	70
1.7	60
0.6	60
1.6	61
1.2	61
0.6	60
4.5	53
0.6	65
0.5	64
1.1	53
3.9	53
0.5	65
2.7	53
4.5	53
2.7	46
2.7	50
1.1	46
1.1	46
3.3	44
1.7	46
2.2	46
0.6	46
0.5	46
2.3	37
1.1	46
0.6	46
2.7	20
2.7	16
3.3	8
1.7	44
8.9	24
5.7	34
0.5	45
0.5	46
0.6	21
1.6	36
8.4	26
3.4	36
4.5	20
2.7	16
3.3	30
3.4	30
0.6	30
0.6	34
2.3	30
2.8	8
2.7	32
0.5	30
2.2	30
3.4	30
2.6	30
2.8	16
1.1	30
1.1	13
1.7	8
3.9	17
0.5	37
0.6	36
3.9	24
6.2	14
6.7	14
5.6	17
2.7	30
2.2	30
2.0	30
1.7	30
2.3	30
1.1	16
2.2	16
2.2	12
3.7	6
0.6	30
1.6	17
6.1	6
0.9	30
4.6	17
1.2	12
3.8	5
1.1	20
1.6	8
1.1	30
1.1	30
1.7	30
1.1	30
0.2	30
0.6	30
2.4	24
0.6	8
0.6	30
2.3	16
1.7	22
0.6	25
3.4	17
2.3	24
0.6	30
1.7	26
3.2	17
0.3	26
1.7	22
3.4	4
3.3	8
5.0	8
5.0	8
5.6	8
1.1	24
1.7	20
3.4	13
5.3	8
3.3	13
3.5	13
5.2	6
0.7	20
1.7	8
0.6	4
2.2	13
3.3	8
0.6	16
1.1	17
1.1	16
2.8	14
2.2	17
0.5	24
0.6	24
1.7	20
3.7	12
2.6	13
0.6	22
0.6	25
3.0	8
1.1	6
1.1	8
2.8	8
3.9	6
3.4	4
2.8	12
0.6	20
3.3	6
1.7	16
0.6	17
2.9	8
0.2	17
1.4	14
0.6	17
0.7	17
3.0	8
1.1	13
1.1	8
3.4	8
2.2	12
1.1	13
2.2	10
0.6	17
1.1	14
1.6	13
1.7	12
4.4	5
0.5	13
0.6	14
1.1	12
1.7	8
2.2	8
1.1	12
1.2	12
2.4	6
0.4	12
1.0	8
0.8	12
0.2	16
1.4	8
0.5	16
1.4	8
1.1	8
1.3	5
0.5	8
0.5	8

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
7.2	104
3.3	89
3.3	104
1.6	121
2.2	104
1.1	104
1.1	89
2.3	81
4.4	70
1.7	81
0.6	82
0.6	82
0.6	80
2.3	70
1.7	60
0.6	60
1.6	61
1.2	61
0.6	60
4.5	53
0.6	65
0.5	64
1.1	53
3.9	53
0.5	65
2.7	53
4.5	53
2.7	46
2.7	50
1.1	46
1.1	46
3.3	44
1.7	46
2.2	46
0.6	46
0.5	46
2.3	37
1.1	46
0.6	46
2.7	20
2.7	16
3.3	8
1.7	44
8.9	24
5.7	34
0.5	45
0.5	46
0.6	21
1.6	36
8.4	26
3.4	36
4.5	20
2.7	16
3.3	30
3.4	30
0.6	30
0.6	34
2.3	30
2.8	8
2.7	32
0.5	30
2.2	30
3.4	30
2.6	30
2.8	16
1.1	30
1.1	13
1.7	8
3.9	17
0.5	37
0.6	36
3.9	24
6.2	14
6.7	14
5.6	17
2.7	30
2.2	30
2.0	30
1.7	30
2.3	30
1.1	16
2.2	16
2.2	12
3.7	6
0.6	30
1.6	17
6.1	6
0.9	30
4.6	17
1.2	12
3.8	5
1.1	20
1.6	8
1.1	30
1.1	30
1.7	30
1.1	30
0.2	30
0.6	30
2.4	24
0.6	8
0.6	30
2.3	16
1.7	22
0.6	25
3.4	17
2.3	24
0.6	30
1.7	26
3.2	17
0.3	26
1.7	22
3.4	4
3.3	8
5.0	8
5.0	8
5.6	8
1.1	24
1.7	20
3.4	13
5.3	8
3.3	13
3.5	13
5.2	6
0.7	20
1.7	8
0.6	4
2.2	13
3.3	8
0.6	16
1.1	17
1.1	16
2.8	14
2.2	17
0.5	24
0.6	24
1.7	20
3.7	12
2.6	13
0.6	22
0.6	25
3.0	8
1.1	6
1.1	8
2.8	8
3.9	6
3.4	4
2.8	12
0.6	20
3.3	6
1.7	16
0.6	17
2.9	8
0.2	17
1.4	14
0.6	17
0.7	17
3.0	8
1.1	13
1.1	8
3.4	8
2.2	12
1.1	13
2.2	10
0.6	17
1.1	14
1.6	13
1.7	12
4.4	5
0.5	13
0.6	14
1.1	12
1.7	8
2.2	8
1.1	12
1.2	12
2.4	6
0.4	12
1.0	8
0.8	12
0.2	16
1.4	8
0.5	16
1.4	8
1.1	8
1.3	5
0.5	8
0.5	8