Weather Records on 26 February 1931

169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1931. Highest significance: St Cloud State Clg, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1931

On 26 February 1931, 169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 165 daily.
St Cloud State Clg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 26 February 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

169 stations

169 station records on 26 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karchana	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nakur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagina	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambray	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

169 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 26 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 26 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 165.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

151 broken records

Margins by which the 151 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1931

Top 20 records on 26 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1931	St Cloud State Clg, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1931	Oracle, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Bulken, NO	all-time snow depth	128.0 cm (50.4 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	St Cloud State Clg, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Dawson, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Healdsburg, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Aseral, NO	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Svirica, RU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Dawson, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	60 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Sandila, IN	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1931	Karchana, IN	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	20 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1931. 1931 had 169 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	140
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1