Weather Records on 28 February 1972

1,325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1972. Highest significance: Snoqualmie Falls, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1972

On 28 February 1972, 1,325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
973 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 165 monthly and 1,158 daily.
Snoqualmie Falls set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 28 February 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

1,325 stations

1,325 station records on 28 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.7 mm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 10 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,325 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 606, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 367, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 28 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	606
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	367
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 28 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 165, daily 1,158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,080 broken records

Margins by which the 1,080 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 215.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1972

Top 20 records on 28 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1972	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1972	Vavenby, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Brisco, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Uitzicht, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Banff, CA	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Kuttabul Post Office, AU	daily rain	289.6 mm (11.4 in)	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Darrington Rs, US	all-time rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Cruzeiro, BR	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Kent, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Lake Keechelus, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Willapa Harbor, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Kananaskis, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Kananaskis, CA	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Genoa 2 W, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Puyallup 2 W Exp STN, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Cedar Lake, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1972	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	26 years	40 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 1,325 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 50	1,041
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2