Weather Records on 26 February 1946

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1946. Highest significance: Mossgiel (Boondara), AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1946

On 26 February 1946, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 522 daily.
Mossgiel (Boondara) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 132.6 mm (5.2 in) on 26 February 1946.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 26 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Trida (Cogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Mycumbene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Irish Lords	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 430, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	430
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 54, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

553 broken records

Margins by which the 553 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1946

Top 20 records on 26 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1946	Mossgiel (Boondara), AU	all-time rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	79 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Warragul, AU	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Mount Forest, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Goderich, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Mickleham, AU	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Trida (Cogie), AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Castlemaine Post Office, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1946	Garfield, AU	monthly rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Longwarry, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Big Rapids Wtp, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Neerim, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Roto Station, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Moulamein Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1946	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	53 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 595 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 100	543
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1