Weather Records on 20 July 1924

112 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1924. Highest significance: Goonery Bore, AU.

Key Facts for 20 July 1924

On 20 July 1924, 112 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 111 daily.
Goonery Bore set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 20 July 1924.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

112 stations

112 station records on 20 July 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goonery Bore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

112 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 30.

Records on 20 July 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

87 broken records

Margins by which the 87 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1924

Top 20 records on 20 July 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1924	Goonery Bore, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1924	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1924	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Lexington 3E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Paducah River, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Billings Wtp, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Haparanda, SE	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	New Madrid, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Bozeman Montana State UNIV, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Warwillah, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Athens, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Brookhaven City, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1924	Fayetteville, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	18 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1924. 1924 had 112 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 20	81
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1