Weather Records on 26 February 1997

1,289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1997. Highest significance: Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 1997

On 26 February 1997, 1,289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
568 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,234 daily.
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook) set a daily record precipitation of 101.4 mm (4.0 in) on 26 February 1997.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,289 stations

1,289 station records on 26 February 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vozega	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bajanaul	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Glen Oak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doornhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miravania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Reddestone (Redban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tullochard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kennerly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,289 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 353, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 449, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 26 February 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	353
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	449
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 26 February 1997 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 52, daily 1,234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,092 broken records

Margins by which the 1,092 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1997

Top 20 records on 26 February 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1997	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1997	Mattoon, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1997	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Vozega, RU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Ottawa, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Bajanaul, KZ	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Danville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Lupton 1S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Emmaville (Glen Oak), AU	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Doornhoek, ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Koror, PW	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Ransom 2NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Quincy Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	The Hirsel, AU	all-time rain	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Lacon, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Monticello, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1997	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	47 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,289 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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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	1,071
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1