Weather Records on 20 February 1941

251 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1941. Highest significance: Hartington, US.

Key Facts for 20 February 1941

On 20 February 1941, 251 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 247 daily.
Hartington set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 20 February 1941.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

251 stations

251 station records on 20 February 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidhi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bhognipur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarbad	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haidargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ramban	India	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

251 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 20 February 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 20 February 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 247.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1941

Top 20 records on 20 February 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1941	Hartington, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1941	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1941	Robeline, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1941	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Nacogdoches, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Bodangora Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Pasadena, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Dublin 2SE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Dras, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Rosedale, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily low min	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Sidhi, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Russell, CA	daily low max	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Camden 1, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Newton Rigg, GB	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1941	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	22 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1941. 1941 had 251 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	196
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1