Weather Records on 28 February 1924

98 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1924. Highest significance: Sable Island, CA.

Key Facts for 28 February 1924

On 28 February 1924, 98 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 96 daily.
Sable Island set a daily record snowfall of 39.6 cm (15.6 in) on 28 February 1924.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

98 stations

98 station records on 28 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Balfes Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

98 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 13, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 28 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	13
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 28 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 96.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

80 broken records

Margins by which the 80 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 332.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1924

Top 20 records on 28 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1924	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	33.2 cm (13.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1924	Sydney, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1924	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1924	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1924	Digby, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Altastenberg, DE	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Zametchino, RU	daily low min	-30.8 C (-23.4 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Los Gatos, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Fort National, DZ	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Potsdam, DE	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1924	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	19 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

1796 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1924. 1924 had 98 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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	73
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1