Weather Records on 20 October 1932

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1932. Highest significance: Port Arthur, AU.

Key Facts for 20 October 1932

On 20 October 1932, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 320 daily.
Port Arthur set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 20 October 1932.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

331 stations

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

Weather records on 20 October 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton (Uralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perumbalur	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alandi	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sawantwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Channapatana	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darnum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 October 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 October 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 320.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1932

Top 20 records on 20 October 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1932	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 October 1932	Koppa(Balgadi), IN	monthly rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Hamilton (Uralla), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Lardner (Brandie Braes), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Chettikulam, IN	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Lawrence, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Bagdad, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Sangli, IN	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Karad, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Loch, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1932	Vallam, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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

1806 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1932. 1932 had 331 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	216
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1