Weather Records on 1 February 1926

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1926. Highest significance: Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ.

Key Facts for 1 February 1926

On 1 February 1926, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 55 daily.
Sidi-Bel-Abbes set a daily record high maximum temperature of 22.0 C (71.6 F) on 1 February 1926.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 1 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 1 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 55.

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 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1926

Top 20 records on 1 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1926	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Crawley, ZA	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Elmira, US	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Pelee Island, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Reading Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	12 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 February 1926	Constantine, DZ	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	24 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

1795 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 56 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	1
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1