Weather Records on 28 February 1971

811 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1971. Highest significance: Drain, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1971

On 28 February 1971, 811 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 430 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 797 daily.
Drain set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 28 February 1971.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

811 stations

811 station records on 28 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Drain	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Pompeu Sobrinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holley	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willamina	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-41.0 C (-41.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Big Trout Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Catita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackburn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-44.2 C (-47.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Murmansk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

811 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 284, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 28 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	284
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 28 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 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

28 February 1971

Top 20 records on 28 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1971	Drain, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1971	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1971	Colfax, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Riddle, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Grants Pass, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Baddeck, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Boonton 1 SE, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Acude Pompeu Sobrinho, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Holley, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Barras, BR	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low max	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Willamina, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Umea, SE	daily low max	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Jokkmokk, SE	daily low min	-36.5 C (-33.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	88 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Estacada 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1971	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	80 years	36 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

1796 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1971. 1971 had 811 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 100	630
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2