Weather Records on 29 February 2016

2,208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 2016. Highest significance: Colville, US.

Key Facts for 29 February 2016

On 29 February 2016, 2,208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,655 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 2,171 daily.
Colville set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 29 February 2016.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,625 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 29 February 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nenjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Akjar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Morris 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Carlos Ciriani Santa	Peru	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tahquamenon Falls Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,208 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 813, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 842, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 390, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 29 February 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	813
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	842
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	390
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 29 February 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 2,171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,890 broken records

Margins by which the 1,890 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 2016

Top 20 records on 29 February 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 2016	Colville, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 February 2016	Nenjiang, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 February 2016	Akjar, RU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2016	Mt Morris 2W, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	119 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2016	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2016	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly high max	31.6 C (88.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	147 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2016	Sioux Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 February 2016	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	119 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Wise Rvr 3 WNW, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Magnitogorsk, RU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Sarlyk, RU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Budapest, HU	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Verkhneuralsk, RU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	68 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Attenkam, DE	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Uliastai, CN	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Bredy, RU	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Gogerddan, GB	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 2016	Szeged, HU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	72 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 2,208 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1836	1
1848	2
1864	2
1868	8
1872	4
1876	5
1880	4
1884	6
1888	12
1892	6
1896	10
1904	73
1908	74
1912	149
1916	141
1920	216
1924	547
1928	575
1932	1,617
1936	845
1940	2,033
1944	1,384
1948	1,900
1952	1,358
1956	1,592
1960	3,738
1964	2,071
1968	2,631
1972	3,732
1976	3,701
1980	3,969
1984	3,806
1988	3,343
1992	3,358
1996	4,433
2000	4,297
2004	4,431
2008	4,629
2012	5,184
2016	2,208
2020	1,626
2024	2,341

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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 50	1,875
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1