Weather Records on 20 February 1994

1,605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1994. Highest significance: Concordia, US.

Key Facts for 20 February 1994

On 20 February 1994, 1,605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
934 were record highs and 141 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 1,517 daily.
Concordia set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 20 February 1994.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

1,605 stations

1,605 station records on 20 February 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Evart	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Cygne 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Geneva Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunblaine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bidyadanga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claussville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daybreak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yabucoa 3 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeespoort Dam (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victory Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wigwam Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,605 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 411, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 523, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 20 February 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	411
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	523
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 20 February 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 86, daily 1,517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,345 broken records

Margins by which the 1,345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1994

Top 20 records on 20 February 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1994	Concordia, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	110 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Marengo, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Montague 4 NW, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Galesburg, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Evart, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Medina, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Stoughton Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Monmouth, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Maple City 1E, US	monthly rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Steffenville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Warrensburg 4NW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1994	Elgin Water, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1994	Independence, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1994	Moran, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1994	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1994	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	57 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1994. 1994 had 1,605 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	1,305
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	2