Weather Records on 26 February 1969

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1969. Highest significance: Mansfield, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1969

On 26 February 1969, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 555 daily.
Mansfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 26 February 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 26 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Rivers A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiwal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hertzogville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgegong (Kiora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whyenbah	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 26 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 26 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 14, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1969

Top 20 records on 26 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1969	Mansfield, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1969	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1969	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1969	Rivers A, CA	all-time snowfall	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1969	Callao, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1969	Cypress River, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Orono, US	monthly snowfall	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Rienzi, ZA	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Brandon Cda, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Selfridge 2 NE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Tropic, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Omak 4 N, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Orono, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Souris, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Souris, CA	monthly snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1969	Brandon Cda, CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1969. 1969 had 578 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 1969-02-26: 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 100	460
100 to 200	28
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1