Weather Records on 20 May 1935

259 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1935. Highest significance: Cheneyville 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 20 May 1935

On 20 May 1935, 259 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 255 daily.
Cheneyville 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 160.0 mm (6.3 in) on 20 May 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

259 stations

259 station records on 20 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

259 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

206 broken records

Margins by which the 206 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1935

Top 20 records on 20 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1935	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1935	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1935	Booneville, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1935	Utica, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1935	Decatur, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Jeffersonville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Anchorage, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Greeley, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Alexandria, US	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Pinopolis, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Brenham, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Fairmont, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Florence, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Pearlington, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1935	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	26 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

1802 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1935. 1935 had 259 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	183
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1