Weather Records on 17 February 2020

1,047 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 February 2020. Highest significance: Riggins, US.

Key Facts for 17 February 2020

On 17 February 2020, 1,047 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
786 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,010 daily.
Riggins set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 17 February 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,047 stations

1,047 station records on 17 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Warroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pudoz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sibu	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Fld STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Akita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yining	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Rouchel (Mount View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Underwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,047 records

Records set or tied on 17 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 292, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 494, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 17 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	292
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	494
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 17 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,010.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

958 broken records

Margins by which the 958 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 February 2020

Top 20 records on 17 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 February 2020	Riggins, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
17 February 2020	Olonec, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2020	Warroo Station, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2020	Pudoz, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	9 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 February 2020	Ulleungdo, KR	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Sibu, MY	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Powell Fld STN, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Akita, JP	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Muroran, JP	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Yining, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Emblem, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Ft Meade, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	112 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Deaver, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Aurland, NO	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	5.9 C (42.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	141 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Kaycee, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	116 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 February 2020	Barcelona/Aeropuerto, ES	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	93 years	44 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

1794 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 1,047 records.

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

Records on 02-17 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1824	1
1827	1
1843	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	4
1856	1
1858	1
1859	2
1866	2
1867	3
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	4
1887	2
1888	1
1891	1
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	6
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	6
1901	5
1902	16
1903	22
1904	11
1905	9
1906	10
1907	6
1908	9
1909	10
1910	25
1911	27
1912	19
1913	17
1914	41
1915	17
1916	26
1917	38
1918	64
1919	236
1920	39
1921	182
1922	78
1923	69
1924	252
1925	188
1926	145
1927	377
1928	488
1929	234
1930	367
1931	212
1932	390
1933	164
1934	344
1935	150
1936	1,102
1937	295
1938	529
1939	755
1940	330
1941	166
1942	671
1943	542
1944	462
1945	349
1946	341
1947	274
1948	890
1949	436
1950	469
1951	358
1952	394
1953	369
1954	1,009
1955	721
1956	1,082
1957	252
1958	1,806
1959	575
1960	222
1961	734
1962	397
1963	303
1964	184
1965	332
1966	480
1967	611
1968	350
1969	604
1970	1,050
1971	487
1972	750
1973	821
1974	355
1975	1,035
1976	1,421
1977	650
1978	1,452
1979	1,965
1980	954
1981	2,353
1982	732
1983	484
1984	748
1985	622
1986	1,077
1987	659
1988	400
1989	1,026
1990	1,370
1991	771
1992	593
1993	2,102
1994	705
1995	1,387
1996	1,115
1997	841
1998	2,204
1999	697
2000	870
2001	712
2002	863
2003	1,151
2004	880
2005	538
2006	1,621
2007	1,177
2008	1,155
2009	765
2010	1,544
2011	1,615
2012	444
2013	312
2014	832
2015	1,209
2016	842
2017	864
2018	509
2019	1,177
2020	1,047
2021	2,052
2022	1,116
2023	1,581
2024	703
2025	617
2026	954

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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	937
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2