Weather Records on 28 February 1964

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1964. Highest significance: Blountstown 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1964

On 28 February 1964, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 261 daily.
Blountstown 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 28 February 1964.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 28 February 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Janjgir	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah USDA Plt Gd	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baloda Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kearneysville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khamaria	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maramsilli	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayanallur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rudri	India	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 February 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 February 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1964

Top 20 records on 28 February 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1964	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Thomasville 7 NE, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Janjgir, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Brunswick, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Dhamtari, IN	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Lumber City, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Savannah USDA Plt Gd, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Ironton, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1964	Fairmont, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Baloda Bazar, IN	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	81 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Kathghora, IN	monthly rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	all-time high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Tifton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1964	Vlaklaagte, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	28 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 265 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 20	166
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1