Weather Records on 20 February 1973

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1973. Highest significance: Currawilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 20 February 1973

On 20 February 1973, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 551 daily.
Currawilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 68.1 mm (2.7 in) on 20 February 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 20 February 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Milawa Brown Bros	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muloorina Station (Muloorina H	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malibay(?)	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mexicali (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Reivilo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ujuk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myrrhee (Joelyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (the Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Tupra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Issik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 20 February 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 February 1973 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 33, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1973

Top 20 records on 20 February 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1973	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station), AU	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Milawa Brown Bros, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Bishkek, KG	monthly rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Wentworth (Cuthero), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Moyhu, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1973	Wangaratta, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Almaty, KZ	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Muloorina Station (Muloorina H, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Dandongadale (Mountain View), AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero, KZ	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Malibay(?), KZ	monthly rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Mexicali (Smn), MX	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Strathbogie, AU	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1973	Ninyeunook, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	52 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1973. 1973 had 587 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 20	436
20 to 40	72
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1