Weather Records on 26 February 2009

1,036 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 2009. Highest significance: Muskegon Co AP, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 2009

On 26 February 2009, 1,036 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 908 daily.
Muskegon Co AP set a daily record precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 26 February 2009.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,036 stations

1,036 station records on 26 February 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Redfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Verona	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga S Dak 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skq Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Ohare Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,036 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 375, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 26 February 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	375
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 26 February 2009 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 121, daily 908.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

760 broken records

Margins by which the 760 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 2009

Top 20 records on 26 February 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 2009	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 February 2009	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Kenosha Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Redfield, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Libby 1 NE Rs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Verona, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Rockford Gtr Rockford AP, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Glenwood 2WNW, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	112 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2009	Carson, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Hague, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Bison, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Milwaukee Mitchell AP, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Republic, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Polson, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Pollock, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Comondu, MX	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2009	Watauga S Dak 8 N, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	53 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 1,036 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	729
100 to 200	25
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1