{"title":"Records on 1899-08-20","description":"Every record set or tied on 1899-08-20.","dataAsOf":"2026-10-17T00:00:00Z","lastRevised":"2026-10-18","source":"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.","licence":"US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)","page":"https://worldextremeweathermonitor.com/records/1899-08-20/","columns":[{"name":"id","description":"Stable record id: station, date, type and timescale."},{"name":"station_id","description":"GHCN-Daily station id."},{"name":"station_name","description":"Station name."},{"name":"country","description":"ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code."},{"name":"type","description":"Record type: tmax_high, tmax_low, tmin_high, tmin_low, prcp_high, snow_high or snwd_high."},{"name":"timescale","description":"daily, monthly or all-time."},{"name":"date","description":"Date the record was set, YYYY-MM-DD."},{"name":"value","description":"Record value in degrees Celsius or millimetres."},{"name":"unit","description":"c for degrees Celsius, mm for millimetres."},{"name":"previous_value","description":"The record it replaced, in the same unit. Empty for a first record."},{"name":"previous_date","description":"Date of the replaced record."},{"name":"margin","description":"How far the new value beat the old record, a non negative magnitude in the same unit. Zero for a tie."},{"name":"years_stood","description":"Whole years the replaced record had stood."},{"name":"significance","description":"Record Significance Score from 0 to 100 (see /methodology/)."},{"name":"tie","description":"True when the value tied the record."},{"name":"provisional","description":"True while the record is inside the 60 day provisional window."},{"name":"lat","description":"Station latitude in decimal degrees."},{"name":"lon","description":"Station longitude in decimal degrees."}],"rows":[{"id":"ASN00061055-1899-08-20-prcp_high-daily","station_id":"ASN00061055","station_name":"Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio","country":"AU","type":"prcp_high","timescale":"daily","date":"1899-08-20","value":50,"unit":"mm","previous_value":33.3,"previous_date":"1868-08-20","margin":16.7,"years_stood":30,"significance":24,"tie":false,"provisional":false,"lat":-32.9185,"lon":151.7985},{"id":"ASN00060026-1899-08-20-prcp_high-daily","station_id":"ASN00060026","station_name":"Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde","country":"AU","type":"prcp_high","timescale":"daily","date":"1899-08-20","value":41.7,"unit":"mm","previous_value":13.2,"previous_date":"1889-08-20","margin":28.5,"years_stood":9,"significance":23,"tie":false,"provisional":false,"lat":-31.4399,"lon":152.911},{"id":"USW00094728-1899-08-20-tmin_high-daily","station_id":"USW00094728","station_name":"Ny City Cntrl Park","country":"US","type":"tmin_high","timescale":"daily","date":"1899-08-20","value":24.4,"unit":"c","previous_value":22.8,"previous_date":"1872-08-20","margin":1.6,"years_stood":26,"significance":16,"tie":false,"provisional":false,"lat":40.7789,"lon":-73.9692},{"id":"CA006158350-1899-08-20-tmax_high-daily","station_id":"CA006158350","station_name":"Toronto","country":"CA","type":"tmax_high","timescale":"daily","date":"1899-08-20","value":32.2,"unit":"c","previous_value":31.7,"previous_date":"1869-08-20","margin":0.5,"years_stood":29,"significance":15,"tie":false,"provisional":false,"lat":43.6667,"lon":-79.4},{"id":"ASN00066062-1899-08-20-tmax_low-daily","station_id":"ASN00066062","station_name":"Sydney (Observatory Hill)","country":"AU","type":"tmax_low","timescale":"daily","date":"1899-08-20","value":12.8,"unit":"c","previous_value":13.4,"previous_date":"1897-08-20","margin":0.6,"years_stood":1,"significance":6,"tie":false,"provisional":false,"lat":-33.8607,"lon":151.205}]}