Weather Records on 3 February 2020

1,595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2020. Highest significance: Nye #2, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 2020

On 3 February 2020, 1,595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
985 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,539 daily.
Nye #2 set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 3 February 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 547 records.

Record Map

1,595 stations

1,595 station records on 3 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nye #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lyndhurst Old Bakery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schaafheim-Schlierbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bondurant	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thungersheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt-Vielbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty (Cleland Conservat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
City Creek Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rollbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holzkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,595 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 685, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 300, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 3 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	685
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	300
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 3 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 52, daily 1,539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,368 broken records

Margins by which the 1,368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2020

Top 20 records on 3 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2020	Nye #2, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2020	Jamestown, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Casper-Natrona Co AP, US	monthly snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Diversion Dam, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Lyndhurst Old Bakery, AU	daily rain	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Feldkirchen-Westerham-Lenzmuhl, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2020	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Schaafheim-Schlierbach, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Deuselbach, DE	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Trostberg, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Saint Helena, US	monthly low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2020	Black Mtn, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 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

1795 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 1,595 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	1,336
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1