Weather Records on 20 April 1932

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1932. Highest significance: Kothapeta, IN.

Key Facts for 20 April 1932

On 20 April 1932, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 158 daily.
Kothapeta set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 20 April 1932.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 20 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aska	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kanuparthi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kavali	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Narsapur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pollachi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vayittiri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 93, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 20 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	93
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

143 broken records

Margins by which the 143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1932

Top 20 records on 20 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1932	Kothapeta, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1932	Narsaraopet, IN	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Nellore, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Aska, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Kanuparthi, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Chinaganjam, IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Udayalipatti, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Isakapally, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Athipettu, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1932	Krishnapatnam, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Kavali, IN	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Narsapur, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Purushottampur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Purankot, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Kandukur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Pollachi, IN	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Satyavedu, IN	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Hosur, IN	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 April 1932	Parker, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	28 years	25 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

1807 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1932. 1932 had 166 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	118
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1