Weather Records on 2 February 1926

104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1926. Highest significance: Franklin 3 NW, US.

Key Facts for 2 February 1926

On 2 February 1926, 104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 102 daily.
Franklin 3 NW set a daily record precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 2 February 1926.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

104 stations

104 station records on 2 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Pier Pier)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

104 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 2 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

82 broken records

Margins by which the 82 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1926

Top 20 records on 2 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1926	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1926	Bisbee, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Bisbee, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Tunis, TN	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily high min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Tartu, EE	monthly rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	59 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Lund, SE	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Halifax, CA	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 February 1926	Salzburg, AT	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	18 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 104 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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 20	75
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1