Weather Records on 20 February 1949

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 February 1949. Highest significance: Mundulla, AU.

Key Facts for 20 February 1949

On 20 February 1949, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 633 daily.
Mundulla set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 20 February 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 20 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telangatuk (Scholfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bool Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke (Yanda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lawloit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdownie (Mulga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noccundra Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Rose Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barmah East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craigdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 20 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 397, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 20 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	397
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 20 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 15, daily 633.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 February 1949

Top 20 records on 20 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 February 1949	Mundulla, AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1949	Branxholme (Bassett), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1949	Winbar, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 February 1949	Minimay (Booroopki), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Tenterden, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Nundle Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Bordertown, AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Dunlop, AU	all-time rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Telangatuk (Scholfield), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Lobethal, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Woodside, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Caiwarro, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 February 1949	Margaret River Station, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	48 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1949. 1949 had 656 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	557
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2