Weather Records on 20 February 1958

1,025 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1958. Highest significance: Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE.

Key Facts for 20 February 1958

On 20 February 1958, 1,025 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
396 were record highs and 271 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 985 daily.
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte set a daily record precipitation of 42.8 mm (1.7 in) on 20 February 1958.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

1,025 stations

1,025 station records on 20 February 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bahty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Athabasca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Macrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buhl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,025 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 177, Lowest daily minimum 190, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 20 February 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	177
Lowest daily minimum	190
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 20 February 1958 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 36, daily 985.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

844 broken records

Margins by which the 844 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1958

Top 20 records on 20 February 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1958	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1958	Bahty, KZ	all-time rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1958	Kew, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Woodhouse, AU	monthly rain	244.3 mm (9.6 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Bushy Park (Bushy Park Estates, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Strathbogie, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Newman, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Woolmers Settlement, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Queenton, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Athabasca, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Greer, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	San Diego de la Union, MX	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1958	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	44 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1958. 1958 had 1,025 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	794
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1