Weather Records on 21 February 2020

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 February 2020. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 21 February 2020

On 21 February 2020, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 531 daily.
Lankaran set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 21 February 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 21 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzales	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Fld STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emblem	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vladimir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tula	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Florence Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soria	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Craig 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leadore #2	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	185.0 cm (72.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jur'evec	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnye Baki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 21 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 113, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 21 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	113
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 21 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 February 2020

Top 20 records on 21 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 February 2020	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2020	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2020	Bradford, GB	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 February 2020	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Montezuma 2 NW, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Gonzales, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	129.3 mm (5.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	119 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Lewiston, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Aseral, NO	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Kremmling, US	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Marion, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Waynesboro 2 S, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 February 2020	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 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

1795 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 547 records.

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

Records on 02-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1847	1
1849	2
1850	1
1851	1
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	2
1870	2
1875	2
1876	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	1
1893	9
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	14
1899	3
1900	1
1901	11
1902	8
1903	13
1904	12
1905	6
1906	51
1907	18
1908	12
1909	28
1910	26
1911	24
1912	26
1913	29
1914	25
1915	52
1916	82
1917	415
1918	80
1919	47
1920	23
1921	96
1922	157
1923	40
1924	84
1925	209
1926	101
1927	191
1928	81
1929	403
1930	1,334
1931	197
1932	159
1933	229
1934	423
1935	300
1936	617
1937	699
1938	181
1939	586
1940	159
1941	224
1942	552
1943	460
1944	313
1945	621
1946	149
1947	458
1948	511
1949	889
1950	492
1951	573
1952	356
1953	1,238
1954	958
1955	857
1956	460
1957	709
1958	993
1959	383
1960	493
1961	831
1962	590
1963	1,022
1964	357
1965	275
1966	574
1967	312
1968	1,177
1969	658
1970	545
1971	787
1972	717
1973	790
1974	634
1975	655
1976	845
1977	1,362
1978	1,382
1979	1,212
1980	837
1981	1,600
1982	1,074
1983	608
1984	518
1985	837
1986	1,341
1987	658
1988	633
1989	866
1990	1,971
1991	680
1992	418
1993	1,540
1994	980
1995	1,267
1996	1,742
1997	1,806
1998	1,100
1999	552
2000	812
2001	583
2002	934
2003	1,253
2004	629
2005	840
2006	801
2007	747
2008	1,131
2009	622
2010	1,156
2011	1,379
2012	540
2013	845
2014	881
2015	1,773
2016	1,151
2017	1,828
2018	2,891
2019	1,330
2020	547
2021	879
2022	734
2023	677
2024	648
2025	1,776
2026	552

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	414
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1