Weather Records on 26 February 1959

188 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1959. Highest significance: Edenholme, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1959

On 26 February 1959, 188 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 181 daily.
Edenholme set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 26 February 1959.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

188 stations

188 station records on 26 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Pingrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kulin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Higginsville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Magenta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

188 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 26 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 26 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

153 broken records

Margins by which the 153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1959

Top 20 records on 26 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1959	Edenholme, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Lake Pingrup, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Kulin, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Lake Grace Comparison, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Colunio, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Rylstone (Ilford Rd), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Maybrook, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1959	Jonkoping, SE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Gavle, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Pingelly, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Umea, SE	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	3.7 C (38.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Vanersborg, SE	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Turbine, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Flahult, SE	monthly high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1959	Vastervik, SE	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	61 years	27 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 188 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	152
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1