Weather Records on 20 February 1970

312 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1970. Highest significance: Polur, IN.

Key Facts for 20 February 1970

On 20 February 1970, 312 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 301 daily.
Polur set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 20 February 1970.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

312 stations

312 station records on 20 February 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jaura	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz (Cruz de Malta)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S.Joao Do Piaui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Jaguari (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beawar Nayanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sapotra	India	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beri(Berikhas)	India	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

312 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 20 February 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 20 February 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1970

Top 20 records on 20 February 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1970	Polur, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Satyavedu, IN	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Jaura, IN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Ibitiara (Bom Sucesso), BR	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Ozuluama, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Berhampore, IN	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Puttur, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Pala, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1970	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Santa Cruz (Cruz de Malta), BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	all-time snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Nelamangala, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Tamenlong, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Pasadena, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 February 1970	Cloudcroft, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	28 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1970. 1970 had 312 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 100	259
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1