Weather Records on 28 February 1974

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1974. Highest significance: Adamshoop, ZA.

Key Facts for 28 February 1974

On 28 February 1974, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 544 daily.
Adamshoop set an all-time record daily precipitation of 129.0 mm (5.1 in) on 28 February 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 28 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Steeunmekaar (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Buique	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leyden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plooysburg S.A.P.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schmidtsdrif	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gertspan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groot-Arendskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbosch	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Agtertang	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boesmansberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cotegipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Senhor Do Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wanda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Slangfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Welgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Papkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1974

Top 20 records on 28 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1974	Adamshoop, ZA	all-time rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1974	Waterval Wes, ZA	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1974	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1974	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 February 1974	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Steeunmekaar (Pol), ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Belle Ile - le Talut, FR	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Buique, BR	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Eureka, ZA	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Leyden, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Reddersburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Wimbledon, ZA	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Plooysburg S.A.P., ZA	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Modderrivier (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Saude, BR	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Schmidtsdrif, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Gertspan, ZA	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 February 1974	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	45 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1974. 1974 had 568 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	473
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1