Weather Records on 20 February 1924

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1924. Highest significance: Paris, CA.

Key Facts for 20 February 1924

On 20 February 1924, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 313 daily.
Paris set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 20 February 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 20 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankston State Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 28.

Records on 20 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

297 broken records

Margins by which the 297 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1924

Top 20 records on 20 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1924	Paris, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Old Noarlunga Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Kallara, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Koroit, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1924	Brantford, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Frankston State Plantation, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Buchan, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Georgetown, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Wandin (Yallock), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1924	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	30 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1924. 1924 had 323 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 50	282
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1