Weather Records on 20 February 1934

490 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1934. Highest significance: Magdeburg, DE.

Key Facts for 20 February 1934

On 20 February 1934, 490 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 303 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 479 daily.
Magdeburg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 25.3 mm (1.0 in) on 20 February 1934.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

490 stations

490 station records on 20 February 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wollar (Barrigan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

490 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 230, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 20 February 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	230
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 20 February 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

397 broken records

Margins by which the 397 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 129.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1934

Top 20 records on 20 February 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1934	Magdeburg, DE	monthly rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Aschersleben, DE	monthly rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Bridgeport, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Haverhill, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Suntop, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1934	Maytown, AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Harden (East St), AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Cavendish, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Lawn Hill, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Walsh River Post Office, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Chemnitz, DE	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1934	Brantford, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	48 years	25 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1934. 1934 had 490 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	365
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3