Weather Records on 21 February 1926

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 1926. Highest significance: Rapid City Forrest, CA.

Key Facts for 21 February 1926

On 21 February 1926, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 100 daily.
Rapid City Forrest set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 21 February 1926.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 21 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 100.

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 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 1926

Top 20 records on 21 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 1926	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 1926	Andenes, NO	all-time low min	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Sable Island East End, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Malmesbury, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Camp Crook, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Plauen, DE	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Brantford, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Adavale, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 February 1926	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	16 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 101 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	878
2022	734
2023	677
2024	647
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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	77
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1