Weather Records on 20 February 1969

731 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1969. Highest significance: Grand Meadow, US.

Key Facts for 20 February 1969

On 20 February 1969, 731 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 704 daily.
Grand Meadow set a daily record snow depth of 83.8 cm (33.0 in) on 20 February 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

731 stations

731 station records on 20 February 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Meadow	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poco Preto (Dae) E2-004	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	218.1 mm (8.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shamrock	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobra Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marilia (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.9 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dairy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Serowe	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

731 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 146, Deepest snow cover 95.

Records on 20 February 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	146
Deepest snow cover	95

Records on 20 February 1969 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 19, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1969

Top 20 records on 20 February 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1969	Grand Meadow, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	70 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1969	Sidney, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Hvar, HR	daily rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Manhattan, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	all-time high min	27.3 C (81.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Towera, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Estrada de Cunha, BR	daily rain	110.6 mm (4.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Itirapina, BR	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Beloit, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Armour, US	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp, BR	all-time rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Coldwater, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Lisbon, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Winning, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Quinter, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1969	Weatherford, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1969. 1969 had 731 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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Data for records on 1969-02-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	599
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	4