Weather Records on 28 February 1957

234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1957. Highest significance: Sattur, IN.

Key Facts for 28 February 1957

On 28 February 1957, 234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 228 daily.
Sattur set a daily record precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 28 February 1957.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

234 stations

234 station records on 28 February 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Munnar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumding	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elim (Hosp)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Benedito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mathabhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakhipur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

234 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 28 February 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 February 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 228.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

193 broken records

Margins by which the 193 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1957

Top 20 records on 28 February 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1957	Sattur, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Munnar, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Parlakimedi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Cooma, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Lumding, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1957	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	67.3 cm (26.5 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Bodinayakkanur, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Elim (Hosp), ZA	monthly rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Lake Moraine, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Coloso, PR	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Sao Benedito, BR	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Carson City, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1957	Lake Cochituate, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	54 years	25 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1957. 1957 had 234 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	189
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1