Weather Records on 26 February 1927

78 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1927. Highest significance: Kingston Queens U, CA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1927

On 26 February 1927, 78 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 75 daily.
Kingston Queens U set a daily record snowfall of 29.7 cm (11.7 in) on 26 February 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

78 stations

78 station records on 26 February 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	170.0 cm (66.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
McDonnell Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

78 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 35, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 February 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	35
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 February 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

62 broken records

Margins by which the 62 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1927

Top 20 records on 26 February 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1927	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1927	Portland, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1927	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1927	Mount Florance, AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Gardiner, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Quincy, US	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Cortland, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Tartu, EE	daily rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Beatrice, CA	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Portland, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1927	Geryville (El-Bayadh), DZ	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	37 years	17 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 78 records.

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

Records on 02-26 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1800	1
1803	1
1806	1
1808	2
1814	3
1815	1
1827	2
1847	1
1855	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1868	3
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	10
1900	13
1901	4
1902	11
1903	2
1904	17
1905	3
1906	8
1907	16
1908	11
1909	26
1910	16
1911	22
1912	33
1913	8
1914	40
1915	26
1916	44
1917	55
1918	26
1919	95
1920	73
1921	91
1922	47
1923	80
1924	125
1925	59
1926	121
1927	78
1928	232
1929	455
1930	400
1931	169
1932	782
1933	380
1934	1,091
1935	295
1936	529
1937	329
1938	349
1939	842
1940	370
1941	302
1942	294
1943	128
1944	998
1945	566
1946	595
1947	538
1948	498
1949	255
1950	658
1951	818
1952	305
1953	198
1954	440
1955	716
1956	385
1957	849
1958	941
1959	188
1960	1,068
1961	515
1962	1,516
1963	1,010
1964	269
1965	536
1966	483
1967	846
1968	471
1969	578
1970	416
1971	780
1972	491
1973	336
1974	494
1975	483
1976	1,389
1977	925
1978	619
1979	990
1980	712
1981	1,093
1982	855
1983	721
1984	654
1985	465
1986	2,189
1987	1,686
1988	673
1989	1,283
1990	1,683
1991	619
1992	1,142
1993	1,909
1994	1,004
1995	1,210
1996	1,639
1997	1,289
1998	1,734
1999	650
2000	2,064
2001	848
2002	1,372
2003	1,498
2004	993
2005	645
2006	607
2007	780
2008	964
2009	1,036
2010	1,202
2011	1,573
2012	408
2013	1,277
2014	715
2015	1,363
2016	645
2017	486
2018	1,228
2019	1,754
2020	587
2021	589
2022	583
2023	572
2024	1,016
2025	429
2026	1,194

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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 50	57
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1