Weather Records on 22 February 2020

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 February 2020. Highest significance: Angellala Downs Homestead, AU.

Key Facts for 22 February 2020

On 22 February 2020, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
363 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 808 daily.
Angellala Downs Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 145.0 mm (5.7 in) on 22 February 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 22 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Springerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salo Karkka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wu Lu Mu Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jokioinen Jokioisten Observato	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yantumara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	191.4 mm (7.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greendale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eradu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freitag	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Epe	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clark 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Valley	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hameenlinna Pirttikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valkenburg-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carefree	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Workman Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weerselo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rudnaja Pristan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keppel Island South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Craig 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atakpane	Togo	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon-Ksra	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 22 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 311, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 22 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	311
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 22 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 24, daily 808.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 February 2020

Top 20 records on 22 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 February 2020	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 February 2020	Springerville, US	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Salo Karkka, FI	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi, FI	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Carnamah, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	113 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Bushnell 1 E, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Elburg, NL	monthly rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Wu Lu Mu Qi, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Tubbergen, NL	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Marion, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	121 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Jokioinen Jokioisten Observato, FI	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Woodland 1 WNW, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 February 2020	Phoenix AP, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	40 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 835 records.

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

Records on 02-22 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1804	1
1810	3
1814	3
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	3
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	3
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	9
1902	3
1903	10
1904	21
1905	9
1906	20
1907	39
1908	11
1909	23
1910	25
1911	21
1912	35
1913	29
1914	34
1915	53
1916	47
1917	292
1918	76
1919	53
1920	27
1921	148
1922	256
1923	36
1924	65
1925	275
1926	93
1927	236
1928	98
1929	435
1930	803
1931	174
1932	201
1933	150
1934	661
1935	235
1936	551
1937	583
1938	274
1939	706
1940	199
1941	260
1942	381
1943	536
1944	582
1945	560
1946	220
1947	515
1948	698
1949	509
1950	463
1951	655
1952	531
1953	651
1954	798
1955	782
1956	513
1957	859
1958	962
1959	251
1960	583
1961	590
1962	597
1963	1,764
1964	375
1965	551
1966	663
1967	295
1968	1,083
1969	1,132
1970	521
1971	1,391
1972	615
1973	754
1974	1,042
1975	1,032
1976	550
1977	1,343
1978	1,543
1979	994
1980	755
1981	1,435
1982	1,191
1983	629
1984	752
1985	1,204
1986	1,187
1987	425
1988	646
1989	698
1990	1,835
1991	736
1992	734
1993	1,686
1994	1,148
1995	1,064
1996	1,740
1997	1,208
1998	1,284
1999	593
2000	1,245
2001	705
2002	1,455
2003	1,315
2004	671
2005	610
2006	568
2007	802
2008	1,414
2009	624
2010	1,468
2011	1,026
2012	754
2013	1,045
2014	363
2015	1,348
2016	573
2017	2,227
2018	2,147
2019	1,259
2020	835
2021	887
2022	1,891
2023	1,639
2024	714
2025	882
2026	603

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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	717
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1