Weather Records on 26 February 1966

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1966. Highest significance: Lake Placid 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1966

On 26 February 1966, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 463 daily.
Lake Placid 2 S set a daily record snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 26 February 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

483 stations

483 station records on 26 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Forks	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kyelong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York Pond	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.4 C (-42.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.2 C (-40.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.1 C (-16.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verhoture	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 26 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 26 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1966

Top 20 records on 26 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1966	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24.3 cm (9.6 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1966	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	The Forks, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Bloomfield, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Pinkham Notch, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Moosehead, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Milan, IT	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	165 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	9.9 C (49.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Kyelong Obsy, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Brassua Dam, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Estrada de Cunha, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high min	8.7 C (47.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Reasi, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Uil, KZ	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Dixville Notch, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Irkutsk, RU	monthly high max	7.7 C (45.9 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1966	Magdeburg, DE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1966	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	35 years	34 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 483 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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Data for records on 1966-02-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	415
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1