Weather Records on 28 February 1937

315 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1937. Highest significance: Statesville 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1937

On 28 February 1937, 315 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 310 daily.
Statesville 2 NNE set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 28 February 1937.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

315 stations

315 station records on 28 February 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falakata Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

315 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 28 February 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 28 February 1937 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 310.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1937

Top 20 records on 28 February 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1937	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Bruce, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Bologna, IT	monthly high min	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Alipurduar, IN	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Weldon, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Caroleen, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1937	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Reidsville, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Puranpur, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1937	Sonnblick, AT	monthly rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	30 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1937. 1937 had 315 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 100	252
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1