Weather Records on 26 February 2006

607 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 2006. Highest significance: Weatherford, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 2006

On 26 February 2006, 607 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 576 daily.
Weatherford set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 26 February 2006.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

607 stations

607 station records on 26 February 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Malkal	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sitiawan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kawaguchiko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ueno	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jendouba	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Choapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemfontein Airpor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrillo Puerto	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatotolapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ikerasassuaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita Tlahuapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon	Spain	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Waverley (Golf Course)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mishima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shionomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandhill Rsch - Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cooralya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

607 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 26 February 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 26 February 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 2006

Top 20 records on 26 February 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 2006	Weatherford, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2006	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Khartoum, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Malkal, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	College Obsy, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Sitiawan, MY	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Hazlehurst, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Ft Benning Lawson Fld, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Coahuayutla, MX	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Greenville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	106 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2006	Dandenong, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	43 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2006. 2006 had 607 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-02-26: 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	424
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2