Weather Records on 26 February 1920

73 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1920. Highest significance: Douglas, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1920

On 26 February 1920, 73 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 73 daily.
Douglas set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 26 February 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

73 stations

73 station records on 26 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

73 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 26 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 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 1920

Top 20 records on 26 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1920	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1920	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1920	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1920	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1920	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1920	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	21 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 73 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	41
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2