11 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1908. Highest significance: Parry Sound, CA.
Key Facts for 26 February 1908
On 26 February 1908, 11 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 11 daily.
Parry Sound set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 26 February 1908.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.
Record Map
11 stations
Heaviest daily rainfallHeaviest daily snowfall
11 station records on 26 February 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 26 February 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Parry Sound
Canada
Record daily snowfall
25.4 cm (10.0 in)
48 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound
Canada
Record daily precipitation
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U
Canada
Record daily precipitation
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield
Canada
Record daily snowfall
10.2 cm (4.0 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough
Canada
Record daily precipitation
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough
Canada
Record daily snowfall
15.2 cm (6.0 in)
15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield
Canada
Record daily precipitation
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
14 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House
United States
Record daily precipitation
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
13 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
5.9 mm (0.23 in)
12 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U
Canada
Record daily snowfall
4.3 cm (1.7 in)
5 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice
Canada
Record daily snowfall
12.7 cm (5.0 in)
2 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
11 records
Records set or tied on 26 February 1908 by type: Heaviest daily rainfall 6, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.
Records on 26 February 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
6
Heaviest daily snowfall
5
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 26 February 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 11.
Records on 26 February 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
11
How Much Records Were Beaten By
10 broken records
Margins by which the 10 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 February 1908
Margin
Records
0 to 25
8
25 to 50
1
50 to 75
0
75 to 100
0
100 to 125
0
125 to 150
0
150 to 175
1
Top 20 by Significance
26 February 1908
Top 11 records on 26 February 1908 by significance
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 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1908. 1908 had 11 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 02-26 in each year
Year
Records
1794
2
1800
1
1803
1
1806
1
1808
2
1814
3
1815
1
1827
2
1847
1
1855
1
1858
3
1861
1
1862
1
1868
3
1869
1
1872
1
1874
1
1875
2
1877
2
1878
1
1879
1
1880
1
1882
4
1883
1
1885
1
1886
1
1887
1
1888
5
1889
1
1890
3
1891
3
1894
1
1895
4
1896
4
1897
10
1898
5
1899
10
1900
13
1901
4
1902
11
1903
2
1904
17
1905
3
1906
8
1907
16
1908
11
1909
26
1910
16
1911
22
1912
33
1913
8
1914
40
1915
26
1916
44
1917
55
1918
26
1919
95
1920
73
1921
91
1922
47
1923
80
1924
125
1925
59
1926
121
1927
78
1928
232
1929
455
1930
400
1931
169
1932
782
1933
380
1934
1,091
1935
295
1936
529
1937
329
1938
349
1939
842
1940
370
1941
302
1942
294
1943
128
1944
998
1945
566
1946
595
1947
538
1948
498
1949
255
1950
658
1951
818
1952
305
1953
198
1954
440
1955
716
1956
385
1957
849
1958
941
1959
188
1960
1,068
1961
515
1962
1,516
1963
1,010
1964
269
1965
536
1966
483
1967
846
1968
471
1969
578
1970
416
1971
780
1972
491
1973
336
1974
494
1975
483
1976
1,389
1977
925
1978
619
1979
990
1980
712
1981
1,093
1982
855
1983
721
1984
654
1985
465
1986
2,189
1987
1,686
1988
673
1989
1,283
1990
1,683
1991
619
1992
1,142
1993
1,909
1994
1,004
1995
1,210
1996
1,639
1997
1,289
1998
1,734
1999
650
2000
2,064
2001
848
2002
1,372
2003
1,498
2004
993
2005
645
2006
607
2007
780
2008
964
2009
1,036
2010
1,202
2011
1,573
2012
408
2013
1,277
2014
715
2015
1,363
2016
646
2017
486
2018
1,221
2019
1,752
2020
584
2021
588
2022
582
2023
570
2024
1,016
2025
429
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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.