Weather Records on 28 February 2017

869 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 2017. Highest significance: Laporte, US.

Key Facts for 28 February 2017

On 28 February 2017, 869 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
530 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 798 daily.
Laporte set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 28 February 2017.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

869 stations

869 station records on 28 February 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Serena	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Italy (Vineyard Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thumb Creek (Figtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
M'Puoya	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aparri	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Teec Nos Pos	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

869 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 28 February 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 28 February 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 70, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 2017

Top 20 records on 28 February 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 2017	Laporte, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2017	Libby 32 SSE, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 2017	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Rosalia, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Changchun, CN	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Stanley, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Chama, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Franklin, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Henshaw Dam, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Franklin 3 NW, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	120 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Petersburg 1, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Saint Maries, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Hallettsville 2 N, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Bugt, CN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 2017	Arad, RO	monthly high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	92 years	47 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2017. 2017 had 869 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 50	672
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2