Weather Records on 20 February 1940

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1940. Highest significance: Innsbruck, AT.

Key Facts for 20 February 1940

On 20 February 1940, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 233 daily.
Innsbruck set a daily record precipitation of 32.1 mm (1.3 in) on 20 February 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 20 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eulolo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-20.4 C (-4.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.4 C (-28.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.4 C (-17.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.3 C (-20.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 20 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 20 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 5, daily 233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1940

Top 20 records on 20 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1940	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Eulolo Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Llanrheidol Station, AU	all-time rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Uanda, AU	all-time rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Vastervik, SE	all-time low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Brockton, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Corona Downs, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Sandvig, DK	daily low max	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Evesham Station, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Manuka, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1940	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1940. 1940 had 247 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 February 1940
Margin	Records
0 to 100	189
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1