Weather Records on 25 February 1926

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 February 1926. Highest significance: Welland, CA.

Key Facts for 25 February 1926

On 25 February 1926, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 394 daily.
Welland set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 25 February 1926.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 527 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 25 February 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 February 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 25 February 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 February 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 February 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 February 1926

Top 20 records on 25 February 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 February 1926	Welland, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Watford, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Marengo, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Wellsboro, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Harrisville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Cortland, US	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Casey, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Hillsdale, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 February 1926	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	34 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 402 records.

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

Records on 02-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1808	1
1813	1
1814	3
1817	1
1827	1
1846	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1874	2
1877	2
1879	2
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1888	9
1889	5
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	5
1896	9
1897	6
1898	13
1900	18
1901	4
1902	6
1903	3
1904	23
1905	7
1906	15
1907	13
1908	9
1909	83
1910	27
1911	16
1912	61
1913	14
1914	31
1915	37
1916	76
1917	37
1918	50
1919	59
1920	17
1921	165
1922	45
1923	40
1924	88
1925	135
1926	402
1927	113
1928	190
1929	284
1930	1,105
1931	134
1932	389
1933	527
1934	871
1935	376
1936	418
1937	133
1938	255
1939	495
1940	331
1941	295
1942	283
1943	209
1944	669
1945	412
1946	529
1947	583
1948	260
1949	322
1950	665
1951	688
1952	568
1953	213
1954	600
1955	623
1956	704
1957	869
1958	981
1959	210
1960	1,453
1961	673
1962	937
1963	522
1964	320
1965	925
1966	702
1967	1,413
1968	457
1969	791
1970	301
1971	467
1972	526
1973	252
1974	449
1975	894
1976	1,049
1977	811
1978	790
1979	1,133
1980	490
1981	834
1982	876
1983	783
1984	410
1985	846
1986	1,826
1987	1,313
1988	510
1989	1,507
1990	1,483
1991	624
1992	1,092
1993	2,115
1994	1,147
1995	1,139
1996	1,286
1997	1,675
1998	1,657
1999	609
2000	2,207
2001	1,330
2002	1,224
2003	2,056
2004	1,013
2005	812
2006	605
2007	1,318
2008	767
2009	694
2010	1,244
2011	2,204
2012	486
2013	809
2014	674
2015	1,013
2016	875
2017	1,131
2018	1,246
2019	1,411
2020	639
2021	892
2022	1,186
2023	740
2024	550
2025	694
2026	1,310

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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	349
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3