Weather Records on 20 February 2022

592 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 2022. Highest significance: Gieterveen, NL.

Key Facts for 20 February 2022

On 20 February 2022, 592 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 509 daily.
Gieterveen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 20 February 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

592 stations

592 station records on 20 February 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Schoonloo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Erfde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Vlagtwedde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Almen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Laaghalen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaban Tm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Assen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuw Buinen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kiel-Holtenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nordhorn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schleswig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Friesoythe-Edewechterdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Apeldoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beekbergen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oldebroek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chichi Jima Bonin Is	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blokzijl	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appelscha	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steenwijksmoer	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dedemsvaart	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lisse	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zwolle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Almelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vroomshoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moringen-Lutterbeck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Papenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Finsterwolde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tilburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drachten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wageningen (Pd)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

592 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 435, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 20 February 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	435
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 20 February 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 81, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 2022

Top 20 records on 20 February 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 2022	Gieterveen, NL	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Schoonloo, NL	monthly rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Megen, NL	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Erfde, DE	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Eslohe, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Vlagtwedde, NL	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Zetten, NL	monthly rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Almen, NL	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Laaghalen, NL	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 February 2022	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Bungaban Tm, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Cuxhaven, DE	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Assen, NL	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Nieuw Buinen, NL	monthly rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Kiel-Holtenau, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Ter Apel, NL	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Heerde, NL	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2022	Nordhorn, DE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	51 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

1809 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2022. 2022 had 592 records.

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

Records on 02-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	2
1810	2
1814	1
1827	2
1834	1
1837	1
1838	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1850	1
1855	3
1858	2
1860	1
1861	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1880	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	5
1893	6
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	6
1899	6
1900	8
1901	5
1902	3
1903	17
1904	14
1905	8
1906	23
1907	14
1908	28
1909	34
1910	8
1911	13
1912	26
1913	28
1914	15
1915	108
1916	32
1917	186
1918	210
1919	36
1920	39
1921	106
1922	198
1923	49
1924	323
1925	132
1926	83
1927	156
1928	190
1929	629
1930	1,202
1931	163
1932	287
1933	266
1934	490
1935	222
1936	593
1937	602
1938	348
1939	636
1940	247
1941	251
1942	968
1943	454
1944	279
1945	266
1946	146
1947	403
1948	342
1949	656
1950	538
1951	815
1952	551
1953	929
1954	1,067
1955	1,051
1956	453
1957	450
1958	1,025
1959	507
1960	353
1961	475
1962	457
1963	742
1964	340
1965	357
1966	613
1967	414
1968	948
1969	731
1970	312
1971	669
1972	866
1973	587
1974	881
1975	459
1976	484
1977	1,216
1978	1,458
1979	1,185
1980	868
1981	2,080
1982	1,029
1983	636
1984	528
1985	790
1986	1,589
1987	719
1988	695
1989	1,032
1990	2,147
1991	921
1992	446
1993	1,541
1994	1,605
1995	1,427
1996	1,258
1997	1,326
1998	1,104
1999	498
2000	724
2001	485
2002	1,070
2003	771
2004	991
2005	626
2006	1,635
2007	580
2008	847
2009	530
2010	1,096
2011	1,433
2012	514
2013	422
2014	958
2015	2,790
2016	1,090
2017	1,736
2018	2,890
2019	1,630
2020	686
2021	947
2022	592
2023	438
2024	613
2025	1,756
2026	974

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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	537
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1