Weather Records on 26 February 1930

400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1930. Highest significance: Treherne, CA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1930

On 26 February 1930, 400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 365 daily.
Treherne set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 26 February 1930.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

400 stations

400 station records on 26 February 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.3 C (-8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

400 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 26 February 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 February 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1930

Top 20 records on 26 February 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1930	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1930	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1930	Anchorage, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1930	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1930	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1930	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Irvington, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Southampton, CA	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Hamburg, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Lock Haven, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Robertsburg, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Falmouth, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Scott, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Deer Park Sf, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1930	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 years	23 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 400 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 20	324
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1