Weather Records on 8 February 2020

597 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 2020. Highest significance: La Palma, AU.

Key Facts for 8 February 2020

On 8 February 2020, 597 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 560 daily.
La Palma set a daily record precipitation of 147.0 mm (5.8 in) on 8 February 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

597 stations

597 station records on 8 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cabin Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meacham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Baggs	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca Beach Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Kia Ora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yarramalong (Lewensbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Faskally	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karoonda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester (Upper Bowman)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moree (Mallowa (Narba))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalie Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimbaj	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans (Espie St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lough Navar Forest	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.2 mm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berambing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mizpah 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

597 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 137, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 8 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	137
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 8 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 560.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 2020

Top 20 records on 8 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 2020	La Palma, AU	daily rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Bradford, GB	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	140 years	65 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Cabin Creek, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Meacham, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 February 2020	Baggs, US	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Avoca Beach Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Newton Rigg, GB	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Mittagong (Kia Ora), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Eskdalemuir, GB	monthly rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Bowhill, GB	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Boggabri (Penryn), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Yarramalong (Lewensbrook), AU	daily rain	176.0 mm (6.9 in)	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Faskally, GB	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Kielder Castle, GB	monthly rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Bilpin Post Office, AU	daily rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Leuchars, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 2020	Corning, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	88 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

1798 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 2020. 2020 had 597 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Data for records on 2020-02-08: 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 20	416
20 to 40	55
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	4