Weather Records on 26 February 1917

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1917. Highest significance: Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1917

On 26 February 1917, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 53 daily.
Kieskamahoek (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 26 February 1917.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 26 February 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 26 February 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 February 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1917

Top 20 records on 26 February 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1917	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1917	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Dromana, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Morgantown 1, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	New Westminster, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Piketberg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	monthly high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	6 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1917	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 years	13 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 55 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 February 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	42
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1