Weather Records on 28 February 1951

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1951. Highest significance: Le Mars, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1951

On 28 February 1951, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 627 daily.
Le Mars set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 28 February 1951.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 28 February 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville Morrow Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 28 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 28 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 51, daily 627.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1951

Top 20 records on 28 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1951	Le Mars, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1951	Timber Lake, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1951	Rock Rapids, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1951	Washburn, US	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1951	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Onawa 3NW, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Crosby, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Bird Island, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Brewster, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Canton, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Aberdeen, US	monthly snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Sibley, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Walthill 1E, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	York, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Rock Rapids, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Sanborn, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Sheldon, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	David City 4E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1951	Fremont, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1951. 1951 had 684 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	526
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	3