Weather Records on 28 February 1944

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1944. Highest significance: Cooktown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 February 1944

On 28 February 1944, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 447 daily.
Cooktown Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 268.7 mm (10.6 in) on 28 February 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 28 February 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okay 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worsham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 February 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 February 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1944

Top 20 records on 28 February 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1944	Cooktown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	268.7 mm (10.6 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	16 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Bridgeport, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Pilot Rock 1 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	228.3 mm (9.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Joplin, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Salem, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Seymour 1 NNW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Eureka Springs 3 WNW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Kenton, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Eastland, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Cimarron, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Cedar Hill 1, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1944	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	38 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

1796 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1944. 1944 had 468 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 50	355
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1