Weather Records on 26 February 1945

566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1945. Highest significance: Du Quoin 4 SE, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1945

On 26 February 1945, 566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 520 daily.
Du Quoin 4 SE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 26 February 1945.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

566 stations

566 station records on 26 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wyanga (Barcoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

566 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 330, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 26 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	330
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 26 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 45, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1945

Top 20 records on 26 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1945	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1945	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1945	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Marble Hill, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Pilliga Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Henderson 8 SSW, US	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	1 ENE Fairfield, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Willow Sprg Radio Kuku, US	monthly rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Anna 4 N, US	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Armagh, GB	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Paoli, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Bundarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Salem, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1945	Fayetteville, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	46 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

1794 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 566 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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Data for records on 1945-02-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	479
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	1