Weather Records on 20 February 1948

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1948. Highest significance: Burnerbinmah, AU.

Key Facts for 20 February 1948

On 20 February 1948, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 335 daily.
Burnerbinmah set a daily record precipitation of 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 20 February 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 20 February 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trekpad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	83.0 cm (32.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 510 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 20 February 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 20 February 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1948

Top 20 records on 20 February 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1948	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Bohemia Downs, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Mandora, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Tambrey, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Milan, IT	daily low max	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	137 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Nimingarra, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Shahpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Uccle, BE	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Trekpad, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	Baghpat Sr, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1948	De Grey, AU	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1948	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1948	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	33 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1948. 1948 had 342 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 250	294
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1