Weather Records on 26 February 1937

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1937. Highest significance: Simferopol, UA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1937

On 26 February 1937, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 327 daily.
Simferopol set a daily record precipitation of 30.9 mm (1.2 in) on 26 February 1937.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 26 February 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kareekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonamukhi	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narasimharajapura	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pottangi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 26 February 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 26 February 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1937

Top 20 records on 26 February 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1937	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Sakoli, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Una, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Feodosiia, UA	monthly rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Chama, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Brocken, DE	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Indus, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Hoshiarpur, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Garhshankar, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Gannapan, ZA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1937	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Holly, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Dunedin, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Dantan, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Kareekloof, ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Ellsworth, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1937	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	28 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 329 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 100	266
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2