Weather Records on 20 February 1927

156 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1927. Highest significance: Victoria River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 20 February 1927

On 20 February 1927, 156 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 151 daily.
Victoria River Downs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 222.3 mm (8.8 in) on 20 February 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

156 stations

156 station records on 20 February 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

156 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 20 February 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 February 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

126 broken records

Margins by which the 126 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1927

Top 20 records on 20 February 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1927	Victoria River Downs, AU	all-time rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1927	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1927	Grantsville, US	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1927	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1927	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1927	Peterborough, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Grants Pass, US	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Lusk 2 SW, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Hiram, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Oelrichs, US	monthly high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Goldstream Lake, CA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Princeton, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Beito, NO	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1927	Roermond, NL	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	34 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

1809 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1927. 1927 had 156 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 20	117
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1