Weather Records on 22 February 1969

1,132 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 1969. Highest significance: Sorell (Whitlea), AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 1969

On 22 February 1969, 1,132 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,105 daily.
Sorell (Whitlea) set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 22 February 1969.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

1,132 stations

1,132 station records on 22 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Almeria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Mount Vernon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake St Clair (Hec)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giralia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakbank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,132 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 746, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 22 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	746
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 22 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 20, daily 1,105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,043 broken records

Margins by which the 1,043 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 1969

Top 20 records on 22 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 1969	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 February 1969	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Bagdad Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Southport, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Risdon, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Irishtown, AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Buckland (Brockley), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Almeria, ES	monthly rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Brighton, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Orford South, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 1969	Tunnack Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 1,132 records.

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

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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 100	1,021
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1