Weather Records on 26 February 1961

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 February 1961. Highest significance: Shelbyville 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 26 February 1961

On 26 February 1961, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 493 daily.
Shelbyville 1 E set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 26 February 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 26 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kameeldrift-Irr	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 26 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 317, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 26 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	317
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 26 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

452 broken records

Margins by which the 452 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 February 1961

Top 20 records on 26 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 February 1961	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1961	Geneva Exp STN, US	monthly rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1961	Moncton, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 February 1961	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Olean, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Alfred, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Martinsville 2 SW, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Hemlock, US	monthly rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Scottsburg, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Angelica, US	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Oswego, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Rushville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Penn Yan, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Nugent, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Avon, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 February 1961	Franklinville, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 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

1794 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 515 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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Data for records on 1961-02-26: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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	428
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1