Weather Records on 28 February 1981

1,035 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1981. Highest significance: Henrietta, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 1981

On 28 February 1981, 1,035 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 993 daily.
Henrietta set a monthly record daily precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 28 February 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,035 stations

1,035 station records on 28 February 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lorenzo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Electra	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein "Rietpan"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milgun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suwa	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaalplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,035 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 28 February 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 28 February 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 41, daily 993.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

885 broken records

Margins by which the 885 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1981

Top 20 records on 28 February 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1981	Henrietta, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Munday, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Archer City 2W, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Dundee 6 NNW, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Balmorhea, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1981	Ringgold, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Lorenzo, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Ft Ripley, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Springer, US	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Haskell, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Val (Sar), ZA	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1981	Aspermont, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	48 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1981. 1981 had 1,035 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 28 February 1981
Margin	Records
0 to 100	881
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1