Weather Records on 20 July 1922

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1922. Highest significance: Grahamstown, ZA.

Key Facts for 20 July 1922

On 20 July 1922, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 52 daily.
Grahamstown set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 20 July 1922.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 20 July 1922 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1922: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1922 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 34.

Records on 20 July 1922 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	34
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1922 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1922

Top 20 records on 20 July 1922 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1922	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1922	Vilnius, LT	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1922	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1922	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Rapid City Forrest, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Cathcart, ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Ida, ZA	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	17 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Tunis, TN	daily low max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Laramie, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Winnemucca AP, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	8 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Tafelberg Hall, ZA	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1922	Cradock, ZA	daily rain	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	13 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

1809 to 1922

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1922. 1922 had 52 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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 5	31
5 to 10	9
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1