Weather Records on 20 February 1920

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1920. Highest significance: Philipstown (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 20 February 1920

On 20 February 1920, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 38 daily.
Philipstown (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 20 February 1920.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 20 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 17.

Records on 20 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	17
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1920

Top 20 records on 20 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1920	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1920	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1920	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Pella, ZA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Santa Fe, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Uccle, BE	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	0 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Altastenberg, DE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	28 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Alton, CA	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high max	11.8 C (53.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	9 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Lucknow, CA	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1920	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	16 years	13 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

1809 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1920. 1920 had 39 records.

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

Records on 02-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	2
1810	2
1814	1
1827	2
1834	1
1837	1
1838	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1850	1
1855	3
1858	2
1860	1
1861	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1880	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	5
1893	6
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	6
1899	6
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	17
1904	14
1905	8
1906	23
1907	14
1908	28
1909	34
1910	8
1911	13
1912	26
1913	28
1914	15
1915	108
1916	32
1917	186
1918	210
1919	36
1920	39
1921	106
1922	198
1923	49
1924	323
1925	132
1926	83
1927	156
1928	190
1929	629
1930	1,202
1931	163
1932	287
1933	266
1934	490
1935	222
1936	593
1937	602
1938	348
1939	636
1940	247
1941	251
1942	968
1943	454
1944	279
1945	266
1946	146
1947	403
1948	342
1949	656
1950	538
1951	815
1952	551
1953	929
1954	1,067
1955	1,051
1956	453
1957	450
1958	1,025
1959	507
1960	353
1961	475
1962	457
1963	742
1964	340
1965	357
1966	613
1967	414
1968	948
1969	731
1970	312
1971	669
1972	866
1973	587
1974	881
1975	459
1976	484
1977	1,216
1978	1,458
1979	1,185
1980	868
1981	2,080
1982	1,029
1983	636
1984	528
1985	790
1986	1,589
1987	719
1988	695
1989	1,032
1990	2,147
1991	921
1992	446
1993	1,541
1994	1,605
1995	1,427
1996	1,258
1997	1,326
1998	1,104
1999	498
2000	724
2001	485
2002	1,070
2003	771
2004	991
2005	626
2006	1,635
2007	580
2008	847
2009	530
2010	1,096
2011	1,433
2012	514
2013	422
2014	958
2015	2,790
2016	1,090
2017	1,736
2018	2,890
2019	1,630
2020	686
2021	947
2022	592
2023	438
2024	613
2025	1,756
2026	974

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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 5	25
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1