Weather Records on 20 August 1932

299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1932. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 20 August 1932

On 20 August 1932, 299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 279 daily.
Oxford set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 20 August 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

299 stations

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

Weather records on 20 August 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.3 C (93.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kallakurichi	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

299 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 79.

Records on 20 August 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1932 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 13, daily 279.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1932

Top 20 records on 20 August 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1932	Oxford, GB	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 August 1932	Uccle, BE	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Belur, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Armagh, GB	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Oxford, GB	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	all-time high max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Hosadurga, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1932	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Altastenberg, DE	daily high min	20.7 C (69.3 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Brocken, DE	all-time high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Weissenburg, DE	monthly high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Ambasamudram, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Muenster, DE	all-time high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Glacier, CA	monthly high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1932	Salzburg, AT	daily high max	34.0 C (93.2 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	56 years	28 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

1797 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1932. 1932 had 299 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	202
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1