Weather Records on 20 July 1923

173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1923. Highest significance: Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 20 July 1923

On 20 July 1923, 173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 161 daily.
Elliotdale (Tnk) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 154.7 mm (6.1 in) on 20 July 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

173 stations

173 station records on 20 July 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Colac (Badlingham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenhardt (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mena Murtee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tinda Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

173 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 84.

Records on 20 July 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1923 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

136 broken records

Margins by which the 136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1923

Top 20 records on 20 July 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1923	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	all-time rain	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1923	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1923	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1923	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1923	Tallahassee, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1923	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Kentani (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Colac (Badlingham), AU	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Batesville, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Engcobo (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1923	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	44 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

1809 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1923. 1923 had 173 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 10	118
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3