Weather Records on 28 February 1945

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1945. Highest significance: Yuma Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1945

On 28 February 1945, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 284 daily.
Yuma Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 28 February 1945.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 28 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 28 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 28 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 284.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1945

Top 20 records on 28 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1945	Yuma Wb City, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Leliekloof, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Norddal, NO	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1945	Putbus, DE	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Morris 1NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Washington, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Cadiz, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Blackville 3 W, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Helena, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Represa, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Santa Ana River Ph 1, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1945	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	49 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

1796 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 298 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	218
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1