Weather Records on 20 February 1931

163 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1931. Highest significance: Nes Pa Hedmark, NO.

Key Facts for 20 February 1931

On 20 February 1931, 163 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 158 daily.
Nes Pa Hedmark set a daily record snow depth of 51.0 cm (20.1 in) on 20 February 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

163 stations

163 station records on 20 February 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.1 C (104.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howrah	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatal	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	141.0 cm (55.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	123.0 cm (48.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Silli	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

163 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 82, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 20 February 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	82
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 20 February 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 510.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1931

Top 20 records on 20 February 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1931	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1931	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1931	Sviland, NO	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1931	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	40.1 C (104.2 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Bano, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Keilands, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Bajramaly, TM	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Sagar Island, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Milan, IT	monthly rain	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Lugano, CH	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	monthly high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Glenara, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Soro, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Palkot, IN	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Bakke, NO	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Rauland, NO	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1931	Howrah, IN	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1931. 1931 had 163 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 100	127
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1