Weather Records on 28 February 1929

211 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1929. Highest significance: Marshalltown, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1929

On 28 February 1929, 211 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 195 daily.
Marshalltown set a daily record snow depth of 391.2 cm (154.0 in) on 28 February 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

211 stations

211 station records on 28 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	391.2 cm (154.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-27.4 C (-17.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

211 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 28 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 28 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

182 broken records

Margins by which the 182 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2896.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1929

Top 20 records on 28 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	391.2 cm (154.0 in)	289.6 cm (114.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Waren, DE	daily low min	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Eufaula, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Plauen, DE	all-time snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	14.4 C (25.9 F)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1929	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Schwerin, DE	daily low min	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Husum, DE	daily low min	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Athens, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Spring Hill, AU	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1929	Durham, GB	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	29 years	30 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

1796 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 211 records.

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

Records on 02-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1799	1
1814	1
1836	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	2
1849	1
1858	3
1860	1
1866	1
1868	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	3
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	1
1890	1
1893	5
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1898	1
1899	1
1900	6
1901	4
1902	22
1903	49
1904	10
1905	7
1906	30
1907	17
1908	34
1909	10
1910	39
1911	43
1912	29
1913	21
1914	66
1915	15
1916	44
1917	26
1918	13
1919	52
1920	45
1921	136
1922	102
1923	58
1924	98
1925	91
1926	140
1927	73
1928	72
1929	211
1930	132
1931	197
1932	649
1933	139
1934	821
1935	375
1936	311
1937	315
1938	275
1939	1,084
1940	602
1941	404
1942	291
1943	275
1944	468
1945	298
1946	336
1947	431
1948	1,017
1949	593
1950	480
1951	684
1952	239
1953	304
1954	519
1955	881
1956	336
1957	234
1958	622
1959	360
1960	1,068
1961	311
1962	2,575
1963	564
1964	265
1965	413
1966	604
1967	611
1968	640
1969	384
1970	545
1971	811
1972	1,325
1973	516
1974	568
1975	429
1976	1,155
1977	419
1978	1,057
1979	563
1980	926
1981	1,035
1982	797
1983	950
1984	1,175
1985	596
1986	1,293
1987	1,820
1988	810
1989	1,083
1990	1,394
1991	594
1992	1,154
1993	1,303
1994	1,320
1995	1,205
1996	1,555
1997	1,441
1998	1,055
1999	809
2000	1,239
2001	1,187
2002	1,619
2003	744
2004	896
2005	1,011
2006	1,257
2007	1,196
2008	897
2009	1,016
2010	900
2011	1,423
2012	820
2013	732
2014	1,279
2015	1,686
2016	1,000
2017	869
2018	1,502
2019	998
2020	583
2021	855
2022	748
2023	1,083
2024	1,108
2025	729
2026	1,477

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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 500	181
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1