Weather Records on 28 February 1920

45 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 February 1920. Highest significance: Britstown (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 28 February 1920

On 28 February 1920, 45 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 44 daily.
Britstown (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 28 February 1920.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

45 stations

45 station records on 28 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

45 records

Records set or tied on 28 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 44.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 February 1920

Top 20 records on 28 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 February 1920	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Fort National, DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Chatham, CA	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Newlands, ZA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	7 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Lindsay, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	12 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Lakefield, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	8.0 C (46.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	27 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	19 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Gardiner, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Lowell, US	daily low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Concord, US	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily high min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	19 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 February 1920	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	12 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

1796 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 45 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	29
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	0
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2