Australia Weather Records in 2020

24,588 weather records set or tied in Australia in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Australia in 2020

24,588 weather records were set or tied in Australia in 2020.
5,718 were record highs and 2,614 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
38,894 records set in 2020 still stand in Australia.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in Australia each year from 1869 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 24,588.

Weather records per year in Australia, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1869	0	0	0	0	10	10
1870	0	0	0	0	16	16
1871	0	0	0	0	16	16
1872	0	0	0	0	11	11
1873	0	0	0	0	13	13
1874	0	0	0	0	3	3
1875	0	0	0	0	15	15
1876	0	0	0	0	5	5
1877	0	0	0	0	12	12
1878	0	0	0	0	11	11
1879	0	0	0	0	6	6
1880	0	0	0	0	10	10
1881	0	0	0	0	4	4
1882	0	0	0	0	6	6
1883	0	0	0	0	9	9
1884	0	0	0	0	5	5
1885	11	19	12	10	12	64
1886	12	20	9	17	14	72
1887	6	10	18	6	27	67
1888	10	12	9	21	17	69
1889	17	22	43	9	64	155
1890	9	20	27	8	53	117
1891	16	11	15	17	53	112
1892	16	25	22	11	56	130
1893	25	26	36	16	73	176
1894	30	20	39	9	136	234
1895	66	39	47	22	140	314
1896	54	64	66	24	144	352
1897	92	68	65	30	160	415
1898	65	35	82	16	192	390
1899	54	66	69	23	298	510
1900	33	58	71	15	303	480
1901	43	57	44	26	378	548
1902	95	37	44	16	425	617
1903	57	55	96	37	812	1,057
1904	52	61	60	47	704	924
1905	71	127	63	108	730	1,099
1906	90	83	95	83	940	1,291
1907	105	78	50	94	829	1,156
1908	68	160	96	109	1,061	1,494
1909	42	183	94	83	1,581	1,983
1910	40	113	115	60	2,110	2,438
1911	74	131	112	63	3,110	3,490
1912	40	90	122	60	2,673	2,985
1913	60	150	97	77	3,533	3,917
1914	118	57	160	25	4,105	4,465
1915	88	144	185	54	5,427	5,898
1916	64	176	134	100	10,917	11,391
1917	56	215	115	124	12,953	13,463
1918	94	95	108	155	8,642	9,094
1919	306	103	246	88	7,908	8,651
1920	78	267	199	118	13,104	13,766
1921	155	185	273	78	14,315	15,006
1922	279	171	228	169	10,421	11,268
1923	340	182	234	204	11,088	12,048
1924	168	332	245	272	14,423	15,440
1925	163	279	178	312	11,155	12,087
1926	521	270	396	159	11,144	12,490
1927	245	323	241	310	10,462	11,581
1928	434	260	428	153	13,329	14,604
1929	217	371	217	322	11,585	12,712
1930	183	238	260	148	16,867	17,696
1931	287	421	373	239	18,305	19,625
1932	214	331	318	202	15,171	16,236
1933	266	370	364	187	17,626	18,813
1934	263	316	351	353	21,326	22,609
1935	261	301	291	309	14,532	15,694
1936	260	230	325	142	17,503	18,460
1937	344	316	484	268	18,133	19,545
1938	556	394	568	306	15,368	17,192
1939	375	557	454	322	23,816	25,524
1940	616	363	508	461	15,351	17,299
1941	301	472	493	403	20,966	22,635
1942	540	370	607	260	25,317	27,094
1943	366	515	313	451	19,712	21,357
1944	545	411	444	525	16,504	18,429
1945	366	428	576	365	23,630	25,365
1946	463	483	336	517	22,938	24,737
1947	371	457	549	264	31,005	32,646
1948	371	354	438	491	22,327	23,981
1949	400	410	394	459	28,908	30,571
1950	280	450	434	233	37,149	38,546
1951	361	384	301	343	22,142	23,531
1952	342	380	366	347	28,922	30,357
1953	293	348	253	370	23,074	24,338
1954	242	256	230	279	26,121	27,128
1955	176	431	320	247	31,626	32,800
1956	202	377	202	370	32,511	33,662
1957	437	197	283	282	15,900	17,099
1958	351	204	458	219	25,102	26,334
1959	351	173	405	171	22,594	23,694
1960	193	418	218	277	26,299	27,405
1961	349	168	405	190	22,782	23,894
1962	313	197	429	163	23,074	24,176
1963	156	204	388	94	29,001	29,843
1964	283	335	301	352	26,623	27,894
1965	346	193	359	193	20,014	21,105
1966	181	279	251	198	24,848	25,757
1967	241	157	300	155	17,988	18,841
1968	292	443	350	250	27,301	28,636
1969	428	285	440	229	24,295	25,677
1970	356	302	357	309	24,790	26,114
1971	275	399	420	288	28,021	29,403
1972	648	264	485	311	17,683	19,391
1973	574	376	1,002	192	34,980	37,124
1974	242	570	463	356	34,944	36,575
1975	577	418	599	346	27,306	29,246
1976	434	329	434	499	21,406	23,102
1977	668	307	488	362	16,617	18,442
1978	485	638	693	314	26,535	28,665
1979	625	289	639	293	17,594	19,440
1980	889	277	910	284	16,690	19,050
1981	743	522	879	323	21,807	24,274
1982	731	444	667	570	13,644	16,056
1983	695	499	1,078	299	27,177	29,748
1984	297	569	433	445	23,432	25,176
1985	734	382	736	295	18,710	20,857
1986	527	525	560	430	19,306	21,348
1987	1,944	1,299	2,189	1,308	18,448	25,188
1988	2,534	1,009	3,139	893	24,933	32,508
1989	962	1,623	1,728	1,116	23,785	29,214
1990	2,136	1,541	2,194	1,315	23,818	31,004
1991	2,370	865	2,206	989	18,778	25,208
1992	1,232	1,917	1,524	1,432	26,615	32,720
1993	1,675	1,374	2,114	1,293	21,528	27,984
1994	3,194	1,309	1,841	2,306	12,990	21,640
1995	2,645	2,769	2,729	2,221	24,354	34,718
1996	2,929	2,108	2,925	2,678	24,879	35,519
1997	2,648	1,376	2,906	2,407	22,083	31,420
1998	4,385	2,200	4,777	1,808	29,204	42,374
1999	2,417	1,984	3,331	2,227	27,084	37,043
2000	2,500	2,937	2,938	2,153	27,242	37,770
2001	3,228	1,492	3,128	2,349	21,452	31,649
2002	5,674	1,084	2,951	2,425	14,878	27,012
2003	3,637	1,602	3,380	2,116	22,357	33,092
2004	4,131	1,587	3,147	2,369	20,269	31,503
2005	4,593	1,795	4,338	1,934	24,161	36,821
2006	3,629	1,753	3,013	3,300	18,398	30,093
2007	3,807	1,815	3,298	1,426	21,659	32,005
2008	2,552	2,064	2,285	2,627	18,035	27,563
2009	5,352	1,258	3,602	1,501	16,163	27,876
2010	2,235	2,335	3,764	1,606	27,747	37,687
2011	1,939	2,226	2,305	1,821	22,771	31,062
2012	2,173	1,708	2,295	2,232	16,905	25,313
2013	4,233	992	3,588	1,164	16,263	26,240
2014	3,851	907	2,900	1,248	13,970	22,876
2015	3,303	1,232	2,712	1,418	14,117	22,782
2016	3,917	1,283	3,811	1,193	21,784	31,988
2017	3,333	986	3,160	1,576	15,033	24,088
2018	3,732	815	2,382	1,442	11,037	19,408
2019	5,406	931	2,974	1,615	7,697	18,623
2020	2,879	1,518	2,839	1,096	16,256	24,588
2021	1,998	1,693	2,028	1,563	16,780	24,062
2022	1,593	1,829	2,422	1,477	21,049	28,370
2023	3,576	1,398	2,443	1,726	11,084	20,227
2024	3,974	989	4,464	1,263	13,395	24,085
2025	3,843	1,355	3,280	1,820	12,825	23,123
2026	3,099	863	3,388	938	8,665	16,953

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Australia: 1880s 1.0 to 1, 1890s 1.6 to 1, 1900s 0.9 to 1, 1910s 1.1 to 1, 1920s 1.1 to 1, 1930s 1.1 to 1, 1940s 1.1 to 1, 1950s 1.0 to 1, 1960s 1.3 to 1, 1970s 1.5 to 1, 1980s 1.7 to 1, 1990s 1.5 to 1, 2000s 1.8 to 1, 2010s 2.2 to 1, 2020s 2.2 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Australia, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1880s	1.00 to 1
1890s	1.63 to 1
1900s	0.90 to 1
1910s	1.12 to 1
1920s	1.11 to 1
1930s	1.14 to 1
1940s	1.06 to 1
1950s	1.03 to 1
1960s	1.30 to 1
1970s	1.46 to 1
1980s	1.71 to 1
1990s	1.45 to 1
2000s	1.80 to 1
2010s	2.23 to 1
2020s	2.15 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 38,894

Records still standing in Australia by the year they were set. 38,894 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in Australia by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1832	6
1833	9
1834	3
1835	3
1836	15
1837	9
1838	8
1839	3
1840	5
1841	1
1842	15
1843	50
1844	16
1845	39
1846	7
1847	4
1849	3
1850	2
1851	5
1852	2
1853	5
1854	3
1855	11
1856	17
1857	20
1858	115
1859	134
1860	111
1861	126
1862	143
1863	312
1864	113
1865	67
1866	181
1867	215
1868	119
1869	178
1870	398
1871	400
1872	571
1873	854
1874	679
1875	690
1876	624
1877	639
1878	1,318
1879	1,842
1880	1,818
1881	2,157
1882	2,492
1883	2,618
1884	4,199
1885	5,524
1886	7,145
1887	10,519
1888	6,601
1889	14,017
1890	13,913
1891	12,925
1892	12,285
1893	13,865
1894	14,404
1895	10,048
1896	11,450
1897	12,391
1898	12,320
1899	12,855
1900	14,651
1901	13,703
1902	9,903
1903	17,782
1904	15,923
1905	14,470
1906	19,977
1907	18,469
1908	19,193
1909	21,382
1910	23,180
1911	23,682
1912	20,924
1913	26,592
1914	21,390
1915	23,387
1916	37,699
1917	36,587
1918	24,613
1919	20,189
1920	31,162
1921	34,609
1922	22,329
1923	24,927
1924	27,794
1925	23,869
1926	25,163
1927	21,357
1928	24,027
1929	22,641
1930	28,862
1931	30,621
1932	26,479
1933	28,505
1934	32,569
1935	23,394
1936	25,134
1937	23,656
1938	22,625
1939	34,463
1940	21,595
1941	28,312
1942	32,284
1943	23,894
1944	20,408
1945	27,621
1946	27,160
1947	35,645
1948	25,294
1949	32,427
1950	43,212
1951	26,596
1952	33,043
1953	26,456
1954	30,639
1955	36,814
1956	38,208
1957	32,474
1958	41,470
1959	42,944
1960	45,418
1961	41,347
1962	45,974
1963	52,833
1964	54,664
1965	91,650
1966	85,945
1967	77,032
1968	93,193
1969	91,052
1970	79,892
1971	82,919
1972	70,040
1973	96,847
1974	91,287
1975	80,164
1976	59,919
1977	52,623
1978	70,367
1979	49,763
1980	53,274
1981	60,661
1982	48,549
1983	69,757
1984	59,760
1985	52,833
1986	54,285
1987	54,617
1988	62,240
1989	54,622
1990	60,373
1991	49,601
1992	60,744
1993	52,725
1994	43,561
1995	60,654
1996	61,457
1997	53,291
1998	71,468
1999	57,294
2000	59,595
2001	49,402
2002	42,311
2003	49,341
2004	47,817
2005	52,361
2006	45,505
2007	47,405
2008	42,667
2009	42,514
2010	54,470
2011	46,170
2012	38,963
2013	41,102
2014	36,156
2015	36,401
2016	49,538
2017	37,287
2018	31,681
2019	32,471
2020	38,894
2021	35,885
2022	40,330
2023	29,994
2024	33,992
2025	32,030
2026	18,821

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).