Weather Records on 26 February 1936

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1936. Highest significance: Brunswick, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1936

On 26 February 1936, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 491 daily.
Brunswick set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 26 February 1936.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

529 stations

529 station records on 26 February 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	141.0 cm (55.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 26 February 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 26 February 1936 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 33, daily 491.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1936

Top 20 records on 26 February 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1936	Brunswick, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Shelbina, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Huntington, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Tittagudi, IN	monthly rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Marshall, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Milan 1NW, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Brantford, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	W Lafayette 6 NW, US	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1936	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Arantangi, IN	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Bremerton, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Sankari, IN	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Coringa(Corinza), IN	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	all-time rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1936	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 529 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 200	436
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1