Weather Records on 29 February 1920

216 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 February 1920. Highest significance: Stratford, CA.

Key Facts for 29 February 1920

On 29 February 1920, 216 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 214 daily.
Stratford set a daily record snowfall of 5.1 cm (2.0 in) on 29 February 1920.
Across 43 earlier years (1796 to 2024) the same calendar date averaged 1,671 records.

Record Map

216 stations

216 station records on 29 February 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 February 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

216 records

Records set or tied on 29 February 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 87, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 29 February 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	87
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 February 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

198 broken records

Margins by which the 198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 February 1920

Top 20 records on 29 February 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 February 1920	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Uccle, BE	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Armagh, GB	daily high max	13.4 C (56.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Kazan, RU	daily high min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	59 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Kirov, RU	daily high min	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	10.4 C (18.7 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Tampa, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Warragul (Carbethon), AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1920	San Remo, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	27 years	20 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 216 records.

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

Records on 02-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1808	2
1836	1
1848	2
1864	2
1868	8
1872	4
1876	5
1880	4
1884	6
1888	12
1892	6
1896	10
1904	73
1908	74
1912	149
1916	141
1920	216
1924	547
1928	575
1932	1,617
1936	845
1940	2,033
1944	1,384
1948	1,900
1952	1,358
1956	1,592
1960	3,738
1964	2,071
1968	2,631
1972	3,732
1976	3,701
1980	3,969
1984	3,806
1988	3,343
1992	3,358
1996	4,433
2000	4,297
2004	4,431
2008	4,629
2012	5,184
2016	2,208
2020	1,626
2024	2,341

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 29 February 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	179
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1