Weather Records on 9 February 1920

63 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1920. Highest significance: Lady Grey (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 9 February 1920

On 9 February 1920, 63 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 63 daily.
Lady Grey (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 9 February 1920.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

63 stations

63 station records on 9 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.7 C (-23.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

63 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 9 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

54 broken records

Margins by which the 54 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1920

Top 20 records on 9 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1920	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1920	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1920	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1920	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Nicosia, CY	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
9 February 1920	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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

1798 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1920. 1920 had 63 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	48
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1