Weather Records on 26 February 1942

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1942. Highest significance: Cap Madeleine, CA.

Key Facts for 26 February 1942

On 26 February 1942, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 291 daily.
Cap Madeleine set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 26 February 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 26 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record snow depth	348.0 cm (137.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbari	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 26 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 26 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1956.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1942

Top 20 records on 26 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1942	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Weissenburg, DE	daily snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Pine Bluff, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Pawhuska, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1942	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Kulgam, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	McPherson, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-26.3 C (-15.3 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Pawhuska, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1942	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	2 years	25 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 294 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 250	224
250 to 500	2
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1