Weather Records on 28 February 1994

1,320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1994. Highest significance: Hoburg, SE.

Key Facts for 28 February 1994

On 28 February 1994, 1,320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 427 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,283 daily.
Hoburg set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 28 February 1994.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

1,320 stations

1,320 station records on 28 February 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gondar	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgowi (Moira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ogilvie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wandina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wandana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mininer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (St Pauls Clo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Cherryton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Bringagee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gleneva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Doyles Creek (Wood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lemnos (Campbells Soup)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,320 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 219, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 208, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 128.

Records on 28 February 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	219
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	208
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	128

Records on 28 February 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 34, daily 1,283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,126 broken records

Margins by which the 1,126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1994

Top 20 records on 28 February 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1994	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 February 1994	Pindathuna, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Noongall, AU	daily rain	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Gabyon, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Birni N'Konni, NE	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Gondar, ET	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Gammon Ranges (Wooltana), AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	108 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Medina, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Mullewa, AU	all-time rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Gwalior, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Dnipropetrovsk, UA	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1994	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Goolgowi (Moira St), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Ogilvie, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Balla, AU	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1994	Daly River Mission, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	51 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1994. 1994 had 1,320 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	1,092
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1