Weather Records on 20 February 1952

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1952. Highest significance: Gogo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 20 February 1952

On 20 February 1952, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 546 daily.
Gogo Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 20 February 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 20 February 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alder Dam Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Back Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vergelegen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harney Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klipbanksfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Limbri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 281, Heaviest daily snowfall 107, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 20 February 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	107
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 20 February 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 546.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 620.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1952

Top 20 records on 20 February 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1952	Gogo Station, AU	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1952	Bird Island, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Reserve, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Astoria, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Montevideo 1SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Campbell, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Astoria, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Melva, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	St Thomas, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1952	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 years	43 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1952. 1952 had 551 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	452
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1