Weather Records on 3 February 1926

147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1926. Highest significance: West Newton, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1926

On 3 February 1926, 147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 142 daily.
West Newton set a daily record precipitation of 30.7 mm (1.2 in) on 3 February 1926.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

147 stations

147 station records on 3 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

147 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 3 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 142.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

128 broken records

Margins by which the 128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1926

Top 20 records on 3 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1926	West Newton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	Johnstown, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	Boggabilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	State College, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1926	Guyra Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Lycippus 1 E, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Nevada City, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	New Westminster, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Plauen, DE	daily high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	42 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Washington, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1926	Olga 2 SE, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	23 years	21 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 147 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	118
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1