Weather Records on 20 February 1942

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1942. Highest significance: Ajaigarh, IN.

Key Facts for 20 February 1942

On 20 February 1942, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 255 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 915 daily.
Ajaigarh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 20 February 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 20 February 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ajaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kamasin	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arvi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Banda	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sirathu	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Badnera	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khushalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kuakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Godhra	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khurai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sanehighat	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amethi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
D.Baria	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 672, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 20 February 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	672
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 20 February 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 51, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

879 broken records

Margins by which the 879 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1942

Top 20 records on 20 February 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1942	Ajaigarh, IN	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1942	Kamasin, IN	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Purwa, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Hoshiarpur, IN	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Bareilly Sadar, IN	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Shahabad, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Shahganj, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Arvi, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Mustafabad Jasra, IN	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Banda, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Sirathu, IN	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Salon, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Panna, IN	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Badnera, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Khushalgarh, IN	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1942	Budaun, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1942. 1942 had 968 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	870
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2