Weather Records on 28 February 1956

336 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1956. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 28 February 1956

On 28 February 1956, 336 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 330 daily.
St John's set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 28 February 1956.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

336 stations

336 station records on 28 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record snow depth	500.4 cm (197.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bralorne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

336 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 28 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 28 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 330.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1956

Top 20 records on 28 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1956	St John's, CA	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1956	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1956	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Upper Sandusky, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Lillooet, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	75 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Greenville, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Le Roy, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Brejo da Madre de Deus, BR	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Ramanagar, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Estancia, BR	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Dharmsala Lower, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Snoqualmie Pass, US	all-time snow depth	500.4 cm (197.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Marion 2 N, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Mahone Bay, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Whitehead, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1956	Brockton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	33 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

1796 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 336 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	246
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1