Weather Records on 26 February 1953

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1953. Highest significance: Bluff Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1953

On 26 February 1953, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 182 daily.
Bluff Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 26 February 1953.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 26 February 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bluff Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toulby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 February 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 February 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 182.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

164 broken records

Margins by which the 164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1953

Top 20 records on 26 February 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1953	Bluff Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Toulby, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Saentis, CH	monthly high max	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly high max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Koyah, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Blikana, ZA	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	monthly high max	9.1 C (48.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Nelsdrift, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1953	Greenmount Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Tylden "Tulden", ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	9.9 C (49.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Kirensk, RU	monthly high min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1953	Kjahta, RU	monthly high min	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	53 years	31 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 198 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 50	156
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1