Weather Records on 28 February 1948

1,017 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1948. Highest significance: Pine Rvr Dam, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1948

On 28 February 1948, 1,017 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
402 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 951 daily.
Pine Rvr Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 42.2 mm (1.7 in) on 28 February 1948.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

1,017 stations

1,017 station records on 28 February 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kabunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naubatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arrawatta (Inverell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,017 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 172, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 118, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	172
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	118
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 61, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

884 broken records

Margins by which the 884 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1948

Top 20 records on 28 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1948	Pine Rvr Dam, US	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1948	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1948	Henbury, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Marshalltown, US	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Le Claire, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Winnebago, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Mauston 1 SE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Forest City 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	W Branch 3SE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Mora, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Spooner Ag Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Tingha Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Albion 5 E, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1948	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	29 years	51 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1948. 1948 had 1,017 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 100	861
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1