Weather Records on 24 February 2020

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 February 2020. Highest significance: Healy, US.

Key Facts for 24 February 2020

On 24 February 2020, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 652 daily.
Healy set a daily record precipitation of 41.1 mm (1.6 in) on 24 February 2020.
Across 153 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 560 records.

Record Map

697 stations

697 station records on 24 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ransom 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waverley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.8 mm (7.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gotnja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hesston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sokode	Togo	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Inman 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanzhong	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatanga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Jukes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 24 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 24 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 24 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 41, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

623 broken records

Margins by which the 623 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

24 February 2020

Top 20 records on 24 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 February 2020	Healy, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 February 2020	San Juan L M Marin Intl AP, PR	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Utica, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Wallace, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	107 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Ft Meade, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	112 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Ransom 2NE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Independence, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Oakley 4W, US	monthly rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 February 2020	Waverley Downs, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Bogota/Eldorado, CO	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Carmila Beach Road, AU	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	137.8 mm (5.4 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	San Andres (Isla)/S, CO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	McCracken, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	104 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Coldwater, US	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Sedan, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 February 2020	Sterling, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 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

1794 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 697 records.

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

Records on 02-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1813	1
1814	4
1836	1
1846	2
1858	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	4
1881	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	7
1889	6
1891	3
1892	2
1894	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	4
1900	14
1901	4
1902	7
1903	5
1904	5
1905	13
1906	33
1907	16
1908	14
1909	73
1910	25
1911	16
1912	58
1913	6
1914	26
1915	46
1916	24
1917	52
1918	50
1919	39
1920	15
1921	82
1922	54
1923	63
1924	73
1925	110
1926	166
1927	402
1928	139
1929	141
1930	1,185
1931	164
1932	226
1933	331
1934	887
1935	251
1936	514
1937	148
1938	202
1939	385
1940	279
1941	490
1942	287
1943	375
1944	463
1945	212
1946	440
1947	779
1948	299
1949	420
1950	712
1951	423
1952	535
1953	423
1954	720
1955	1,120
1956	627
1957	649
1958	866
1959	217
1960	1,145
1961	520
1962	1,412
1963	593
1964	447
1965	993
1966	637
1967	1,134
1968	734
1969	874
1970	354
1971	377
1972	753
1973	235
1974	365
1975	1,570
1976	999
1977	1,307
1978	1,061
1979	1,473
1980	466
1981	1,177
1982	898
1983	533
1984	652
1985	1,412
1986	1,309
1987	952
1988	373
1989	1,776
1990	1,969
1991	641
1992	922
1993	1,730
1994	1,070
1995	1,081
1996	1,209
1997	1,537
1998	1,459
1999	752
2000	2,155
2001	1,407
2002	883
2003	1,735
2004	980
2005	742
2006	487
2007	1,095
2008	1,060
2009	852
2010	1,527
2011	1,291
2012	838
2013	705
2014	623
2015	1,963
2016	818
2017	1,612
2018	1,356
2019	1,302
2020	697
2021	860
2022	1,808
2023	1,793
2024	417
2025	966
2026	1,107

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Data for records on 2020-02-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	595
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1