Weather Records on 8 February 1926

205 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1926. Highest significance: Kiev, UA.

Key Facts for 8 February 1926

On 8 February 1926, 205 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 204 daily.
Kiev set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 8 February 1926.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

205 stations

205 station records on 8 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.1 C (107.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yalata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

205 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

141 broken records

Margins by which the 141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1926

Top 20 records on 8 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1926	Kiev, UA	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	monthly high max	42.1 C (107.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Gavle, SE	daily low max	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Needles, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Power, US	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Sydney, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Berkeley, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Willapa Harbor, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Yalata, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.3 C (79.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Columbia Falls 5 SW, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	19 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Grafton, US	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Minden, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Milan 1NW, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Minto, US	daily high min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1926	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	26 years	15 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

1798 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1926. 1926 had 205 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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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	139
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1