Weather Records on 28 February 2011

1,423 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 2011. Highest significance: Franklin, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 2011

On 28 February 2011, 1,423 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
668 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,307 daily.
Franklin set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 28 February 2011.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,423 stations

1,423 station records on 28 February 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bonner Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tionesta 2 SE Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Skamania Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Youngstown-Warren Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tonganoxie 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,423 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 349, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 319, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 418, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 84.

Records on 28 February 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	349
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	319
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	418
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	84

Records on 28 February 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 114, daily 1,307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,093 broken records

Margins by which the 1,093 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 712.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 2011

Top 20 records on 28 February 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 2011	Franklin, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	110 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Fremont, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Upper Sandusky, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Kane 1NNE, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Whitestown, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Allegany Sp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Marion 2 N, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Erie Intl AP, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Cleveland, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Waterloo, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Custer, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Warren, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2011	Irozaki, JP	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2011	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2011	Marshall, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2011	Bonner Springs, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	58 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 1,423 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,056
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1