Weather Records on 26 February 1983

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1983. Highest significance: Mercedes 6 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1983

On 26 February 1983, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 701 daily.
Mercedes 6 SSE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 205.0 mm (8.1 in) on 26 February 1983.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 26 February 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Becanchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grande Prairie A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.6 cm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amealco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.4 cm (7.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Misurata	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claussville	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lechuza Ptrl St Fc352B	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lagos de Moreno (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 26 February 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 26 February 1983 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 701.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1983

Top 20 records on 26 February 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1983	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	all-time rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1983	Rio Grande City, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Becanchen, MX	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Fairfield, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Embrun, FR	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Los Angeles Intl AP, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	McCook, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Grande Prairie A, CA	daily snowfall	14.6 cm (5.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Catus, FR	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Williams, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Waialua 847, US	all-time low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Elsinore, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Adak AP, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Raymondville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Ponce 4 E, PR	monthly high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1983	Winters, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	38 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1983. 1983 had 721 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 1983-02-26: 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 20	537
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1