Weather Records on 26 February 1916

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1916. Highest significance: Stratford, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1916

On 26 February 1916, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
Stratford set a daily record precipitation of 57.7 mm (2.3 in) on 26 February 1916.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 26 February 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eversleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 26 February 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 February 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1916

Top 20 records on 26 February 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1916	Stratford, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1916	Lake Cochituate, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1916	Gragin, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Tenterden, AU	all-time rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Hanover, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Gunnee, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Dalhousie, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Burlington, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Barrie, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Bomera, AU	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Eversleigh, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Middletown 4 W, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1916	Leominster, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	29 years	16 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1916. 1916 had 44 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	645
2017	486
2018	1,228
2019	1,754
2020	587
2021	589
2022	583
2023	572
2024	1,016
2025	429
2026	1,194

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1