Weather Records on 28 February 1931

197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1931. Highest significance: Lake Moraine, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1931

On 28 February 1931, 197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 191 daily.
Lake Moraine set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 28 February 1931.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

197 stations

197 station records on 28 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ranchi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

197 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 28 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 28 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

173 broken records

Margins by which the 173 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

28 February 1931

Top 20 records on 28 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1931	Lake Moraine, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1931	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1931	Boulder, US	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1931	Brocken, DE	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	St Ignace, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Perryville, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Columbia 2SSE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Hillsdale, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Uccle, BE	daily rain	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Ft Collins, US	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Kristianstad, SE	monthly rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Hano_A, SE	monthly rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1931	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	28 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

1796 to 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1931. 1931 had 197 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 50	164
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1