Weather Records on 26 February 2012

408 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 2012. Highest significance: Chiltern (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 2012

On 26 February 2012, 408 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 387 daily.
Chiltern (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 94.0 mm (3.7 in) on 26 February 2012.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

408 stations

408 station records on 26 February 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Elderslie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Navua	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dodson 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record snow depth	134.6 cm (53.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Leonard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap 13 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manley Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eton State Water Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Townson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record snow depth	251.5 cm (99.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosevale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbank Thompson Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brimson 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Circle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

408 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 26 February 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 26 February 2012 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 2012

Top 20 records on 26 February 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 2012	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 February 2012	Elderslie, AU	daily rain	126.4 mm (5.0 in)	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2012	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2012	Kilauea 1134, US	daily rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Princeville Rch 1117, US	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	119 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Saint Maries, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	monthly rain	162.3 mm (6.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	23.1 C (73.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	123 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Tarome, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Cannery Creek, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	all-time high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Mt Tamborine Fern St, AU	daily rain	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Navua, FJ	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Poronajsk, RU	daily low min	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2012	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	41 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2012. 2012 had 408 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 2026-10-16 (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	324
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1