Weather Records on 19 February 1920

80 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 February 1920. Highest significance: Fredericton Unb, CA.

Key Facts for 19 February 1920

On 19 February 1920, 80 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 74 daily.
Fredericton Unb set a daily record precipitation of 36.1 mm (1.4 in) on 19 February 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

80 stations

80 station records on 19 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-24.6 C (-12.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

80 records

Records set or tied on 19 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 19 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

71 broken records

Margins by which the 71 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 February 1920

Top 20 records on 19 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 February 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1920	Uccle, BE	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 February 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Sheffield, GB	monthly rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Chatham, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Portland, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	0 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Saint John, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Darwin Post Office, AU	monthly low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Barrie, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Falun, SE	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	54 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Banff, CA	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
19 February 1920	Fort Chipewyan, CA	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	33 years	19 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

1794 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 80 records.

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

Records on 02-19 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1809	2
1827	2
1845	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	2
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	9
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	2
1903	38
1904	11
1905	11
1906	8
1907	13
1908	34
1909	28
1910	21
1911	20
1912	22
1913	14
1914	35
1915	43
1916	54
1917	77
1918	196
1919	184
1920	80
1921	86
1922	58
1923	86
1924	486
1925	53
1926	132
1927	148
1928	269
1929	634
1930	1,175
1931	195
1932	230
1933	153
1934	391
1935	165
1936	1,310
1937	405
1938	612
1939	748
1940	321
1941	242
1942	757
1943	333
1944	589
1945	252
1946	573
1947	281
1948	493
1949	636
1950	342
1951	898
1952	678
1953	359
1954	670
1955	980
1956	631
1957	346
1958	1,186
1959	551
1960	650
1961	809
1962	418
1963	470
1964	439
1965	400
1966	700
1967	342
1968	674
1969	574
1970	393
1971	1,059
1972	1,086
1973	489
1974	804
1975	690
1976	611
1977	1,006
1978	1,790
1979	1,888
1980	931
1981	2,345
1982	582
1983	607
1984	704
1985	841
1986	2,015
1987	549
1988	715
1989	1,381
1990	1,395
1991	880
1992	506
1993	1,674
1994	1,466
1995	1,321
1996	878
1997	874
1998	1,601
1999	713
2000	1,044
2001	384
2002	1,285
2003	650
2004	946
2005	582
2006	1,900
2007	616
2008	572
2009	584
2010	1,055
2011	1,292
2012	475
2013	333
2014	601
2015	1,612
2016	1,009
2017	1,270
2018	1,311
2019	1,280
2020	735
2021	1,230
2022	395
2023	380
2024	683
2025	1,739
2026	1,084

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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 10	61
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1