Weather Records on 26 February 1971

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1971. Highest significance: Headworks Portland Wtr B, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1971

On 26 February 1971, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 266 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 760 daily.
Headworks Portland Wtr B set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 26 February 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 26 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande (Dae) E2-053	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Observatorio Do Iag	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.6 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eupora 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ofahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arley 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spruce	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 108, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 26 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	108
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 26 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 760.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 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 1971

Top 20 records on 26 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1971	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1971	Sugartown, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Follett, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Deadwood, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Windom, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Silver Creek Falls, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Collegeville St John's, US	daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Springfield 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Caete, BR	daily rain	227.1 mm (8.9 in)	166.3 mm (6.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Huxley, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Greensburg, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Belle Glade, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Clearwater, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Santo Amaro, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1971	Oriente, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	29 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 780 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 1971-02-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 February 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	619
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2