Weather Records on 20 February 1956

453 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1956. Highest significance: Conconully, US.

Key Facts for 20 February 1956

On 20 February 1956, 453 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 433 daily.
Conconully set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 20 February 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

453 stations

453 station records on 20 February 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverstreams	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teridgerie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

453 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 20 February 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 20 February 1956 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 12, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1956

Top 20 records on 20 February 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1956	Conconully, US	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1956	Wentworth Falls Post Office, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Appin Church St, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Cataract Dam, AU	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Conconully, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Silverstreams, ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Kingsgate, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Las Plumas, US	daily rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Creston, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Hailey 3 NNW, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Lowman, US	all-time snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1956	Valemount, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	14 years	42 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1956. 1956 had 453 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	356
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1