Weather Records on 26 February 1928

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1928. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1928

On 26 February 1928, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 230 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 26 February 1928.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

232 stations

232 station records on 26 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gatcombe Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 33, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	33
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

180 broken records

Margins by which the 180 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1928

Top 20 records on 26 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1928	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1928	Gatcombe Head, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1928	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1928	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Sydney, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Halifax, CA	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	42 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Simferopol, UA	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Przhevalsk, KG	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Astana, KZ	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Bird Rocks, CA	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Ai-Petri, UA	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Fall River, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1928	Bancroft, CA	daily low min	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	19 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1928. 1928 had 232 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 100	178
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1