Weather Records on 22 February 2026

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 2026. Highest significance: Kurundi, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 2026

On 22 February 2026, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
412 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 561 daily.
Kurundi set an all-time record daily precipitation of 300.0 mm (11.8 in) on 22 February 2026.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 22 February 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kurundi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Butcher Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee 837.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scone Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fukushima Arpt	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuqa	China	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy (McDouall Peak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yakataga AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhijiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kutchan	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morioka	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroo	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Omu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sapporo	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanazawa	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pingliang	China	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suttsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irako	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 278, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 22 February 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	278
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 22 February 2026 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 39, daily 561.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 2026

Top 20 records on 22 February 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 2026	Kurundi, AU	all-time rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	3 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2026	Yudnapinna, AU	all-time rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2026	Nome AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	104 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2026	Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Grosser Arber, DE	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Yardea, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Norfolk Intl AP, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Butcher Hill Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Waihee 837.5, US	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Mount Eba, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Quorn, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Scone Airport AWS, AU	all-time rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Wasserkuppe, DE	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Wakamatsu, JP	monthly high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Oxford, GB	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	179 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Mount Ive, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2026	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	40 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2026. 2026 had 603 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2026-02-22: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	487
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1