Weather Records on 26 February 2018

1,228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 2018. Highest significance: The Rock Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 26 February 2018

On 26 February 2018, 1,228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 466 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,202 daily.
The Rock Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 82.2 mm (3.2 in) on 26 February 2018.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,228 stations

1,228 station records on 26 February 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dalwallinu North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Goulburn (Cherryton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brayton (Longreach)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aranda (Bindaga St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wubin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wombeyan Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha (Craigdarroch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton (Rose Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Hillwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seaqaqa	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pallamallawa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Park (Barrackville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hyde Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill (Glen Dusk)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra (Australian National	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesville Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bakers Hill Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Morrison (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond (Koala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Corner (Wingadeena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,228 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 337, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 424, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 26 February 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	337
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	424
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 26 February 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 1,202.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,092 broken records

Margins by which the 1,092 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 2018

Top 20 records on 26 February 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 2018	The Rock Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
26 February 2018	Dalwallinu North, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	108 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Goulburn (Cherryton), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Yining, CN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	121 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	Brayton (Longreach), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 2018	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Aranda (Bindaga St), AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Holbrook (Glenfalloch), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Cedarville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Colstrip, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Long Creek, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Wandsworth (Strabanne), AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	Oberon (Jenolan Caves), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 2018	New Meadows Rs, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2018. 2018 had 1,228 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	646
2017	486
2018	1,228
2019	1,755
2020	587
2021	588
2022	583
2023	572
2024	1,016
2025	429
2026	1,193

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Data for records on 2018-02-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,034
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1