Today in Weather History



Weather History for February 26
 
2007   The world record was set for 72-hour rainfall: 154.70 inches at Cratere Commerson, La Reunion.

1988   During the Winter Olympics in Calgary a record high temperature of 67 F was set.

1972   Three days of rain falling atop a six-inch snow cover caused a dam break that released a fifty-foot wall of water that destroyed the town of Saunders, WV.

Data courtesy of the National Weather Service