Weather Records on 20 February 2023

438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 2023. Highest significance: Lahs, TJ.

Key Facts for 20 February 2023

On 20 February 2023, 438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 427 daily.
Lahs set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 20 February 2023.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

438 stations

438 station records on 20 February 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lahs	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Highbury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrolauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichinga	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Powder River Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Star	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Volochanka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.6 C (9.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Safford Ag Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pian Rosa (Mtn Top)	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norman Manley Intl	Jamaica	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 4 783	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Fork Jocko	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stanford	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah (Bray Park)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rapids Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Rioja Aero.	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Torp	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ech Cheliff	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yacuiba	Bolivia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

438 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 20 February 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 20 February 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 427.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 2023

Top 20 records on 20 February 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 2023	Lahs, TJ	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 February 2023	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Highbury Station, AU	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	108 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Ambrolauri, GE	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	E Glacier, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	129 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Lichinga, MZ	daily low min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Powder River Pass, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Durban Intl, ZA	monthly high max	39.8 C (103.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Hayden, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Gillette 3SE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Aguirre, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 2023	Evening Star, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	35 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2023. 2023 had 438 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	338
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1