Weather Records on 26 February 1943

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1943. Highest significance: Sagar Island, IN.

Key Facts for 26 February 1943

On 26 February 1943, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 126 daily.
Sagar Island set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 26 February 1943.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

128 stations

128 station records on 26 February 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Archer Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jallesore	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	480.0 cm (189.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 62, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 February 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	62
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 February 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 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

26 February 1943

Top 20 records on 26 February 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1943	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1943	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1943	Howrah, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Hooghly, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Tulita A, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Archer Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Uluberia, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Amta, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Hilo 86A, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1943	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 years	22 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 128 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 50	101
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1