Weather Records on 2 February 2020

1,333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 2020. Highest significance: Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE.

Key Facts for 2 February 2020

On 2 February 2020, 1,333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,052 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,285 daily.
Munsingen-Apfelstetten set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 2 February 2020.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

1,333 stations

1,333 station records on 2 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baden-Baden-Geroldsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Riddock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman (Angorichina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arkaroola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberschleissheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kehl-Odelshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,333 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 587, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 465, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	587
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	465
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 39, daily 1,285.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,141 broken records

Margins by which the 1,141 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 2020

Top 20 records on 2 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 2020	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2020	Karcultaby, AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2020	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	monthly rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2020	Metzingen, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 2020	Baden-Baden-Geroldsau, DE	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Ellwangen-Rindelbach, DE	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Mount Riddock, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Hechingen, DE	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Blinman (Angorichina), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Arkaroola, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Oberschleissheim, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Poltava, UA	daily high max	10.7 C (51.3 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	89 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Freiamt-Ottoschwanden, DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Kehl-Odelshofen, DE	monthly rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 2020	Rheinau-Memprechtshofen, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 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

1795 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 1,333 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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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	1,131
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1