Weather Records on 26 February 1968

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1968. Highest significance: Lysebotn, NO.

Key Facts for 26 February 1968

On 26 February 1968, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 441 daily.
Lysebotn set a daily record snow depth of 30.0 cm (11.8 in) on 26 February 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 26 February 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Formoso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St Elias	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barro Vermelho (Ibipitanga)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hundseid I Vikedal	Norway	Record snow depth	137.0 cm (53.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orick Prairie Creek Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 26 February 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 26 February 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 441.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 560.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1968

Top 20 records on 26 February 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1968	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Nachiki, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Caico, BR	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Tafjord, NO	daily snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Nanaimo, CA	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Rio Formoso, BR	daily rain	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Salem AP (McNary Field), US	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Wilbur, US	monthly high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Cape St Elias, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1968	Bhadgaon, IN	monthly rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1968	Etne, NO	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1968	Redlands, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1968	Galway, IE	daily low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 February 1968	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	32 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 471 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	353
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1