Weather Records on 16 February 1926

48 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1926. Highest significance: Claremont Pomona Clg, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1926

On 16 February 1926, 48 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 47 daily.
Claremont Pomona Clg set a daily record precipitation of 98.0 mm (3.9 in) on 16 February 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

48 stations

48 station records on 16 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-58.1 C (-72.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Santee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

48 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 47.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1926

Top 20 records on 16 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1926	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1926	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Darwin Post Office, AU	monthly high min	29.2 C (84.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Levan, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Enngonia (Morton Plains), AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	40 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Culbertson, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Parragundy, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Jakutsk, RU	daily low min	-58.1 C (-72.6 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	22 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Muenster, DE	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1926	Nord Odal, NO	daily snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	10 years	14 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

1794 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 48 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 25	34
25 to 50	0
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1