Weather Records on 26 February 1956

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1956. Highest significance: Kailiili 436, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1956

On 26 February 1956, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 371 daily.
Kailiili 436 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 314.5 mm (12.4 in) on 26 February 1956.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 26 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	314.5 mm (12.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Molepolole	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mkambati	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mafeteng	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount House Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rankins Pass	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moree Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 26 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 26 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 371.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1956

Top 20 records on 26 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1956	Kailiili 436, US	monthly rain	314.5 mm (12.4 in)	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1956	Sandbaken, ZA	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Botataboomen, ZA	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Molepolole, BW	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Kuilput, ZA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Brooklana, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Mkambati, ZA	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Kareepan, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Mafeteng, LS	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Bloemfontein Kings Park, ZA	monthly rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1956	Bourke (Yanda), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	37 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1956. 1956 had 385 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	314
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1