Weather Records on 26 February 1919

95 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1919. Highest significance: Berry Masonic Village, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1919

On 26 February 1919, 95 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 91 daily.
Berry Masonic Village set a daily record precipitation of 172.7 mm (6.8 in) on 26 February 1919.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

95 stations

95 station records on 26 February 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Restdown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgar Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope (Cypress Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

95 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1919 by type: Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 26 February 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 February 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 91.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1919

Top 20 records on 26 February 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1919	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Thelangerin East, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Milton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Jumping Sand Hill Well, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	monthly rain	247.7 mm (9.8 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bonang (Goomgerah), AU	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Sandy Creek Tank, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Mossgiel (Moolbong), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1919	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1919	Bic, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1919	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1919	Yanga, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1919	Murchison, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	26 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 95 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 50	83
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1