Weather Records on 10 August 1920

101 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1920. Highest significance: Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU.

Key Facts for 10 August 1920

On 10 August 1920, 101 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 97 daily.
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 10 August 1920.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

101 stations

101 station records on 10 August 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Mulurulu Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholme (Bassett)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

101 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 10 August 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1920 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 1, daily 97.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1920

Top 20 records on 10 August 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1920	Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Nhill, AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Cudgewa North, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1920	Ekaterinburg, RU	all-time high min	20.8 C (69.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Anticosti SW Point, CA	all-time high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Nariel Creek (Simpson), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Brungle (Rosemount), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Bright Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 August 1920	Gredgwin (Barraport North), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1814 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1920. 1920 had 101 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 10 August 1920
Margin	Records
0 to 10	67
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1