Weather Records on 20 February 1985

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1985. Highest significance: Shusha, AZ.

Key Facts for 20 February 1985

On 20 February 1985, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 765 daily.
Shusha set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 20 February 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 20 February 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shusha	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Masrik	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Axe	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greybull	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nyssa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qabala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lachin	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ceuta (Monte Hacho)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sendai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watalgan Winfield Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 165, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 20 February 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	165
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 20 February 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

678 broken records

Margins by which the 678 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 863.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1985

Top 20 records on 20 February 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1985	Shusha, AZ	monthly rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1985	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1985	Masrik, AM	monthly rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1985	Bad Axe, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Roscoe, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	86.3 cm (34.0 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Wanaaring (Thurloo Downs), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Oberlin, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Greybull, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Winchester Airport 3 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Corinne, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Idaho Falls - Kifi, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Nyssa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Khankandy, AZ	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Garden City, US	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Emmett 2 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1985	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	41 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1985. 1985 had 790 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 200	669
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1