Weather Records on 20 July 1935

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1935. Highest significance: 1 WSW Princeton, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 1935

On 20 July 1935, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 380 daily.
1 WSW Princeton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.4 mm (4.1 in) on 20 July 1935.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

386 stations

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

Weather records on 20 July 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saraipali	India	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amguri	India	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Faizabad	India	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deloraine (Athol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burnie (No 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bellellen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 294.

Records on 20 July 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1935

Top 20 records on 20 July 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1935	1 WSW Princeton, US	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Saraipali, IN	daily rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Machhlisnahr, IN	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Amguri, IN	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Newlyn Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Faizabad, IN	daily rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Kempten, DE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1935	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1935	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1935	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1935	Deloraine (Athol), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1935	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1935	Ajmer, IN	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	33 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1935. 1935 had 386 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 25	314
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1