Weather Records on 20 August 1935

339 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1935. Highest significance: Jowai, IN.

Key Facts for 20 August 1935

On 20 August 1935, 339 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 332 daily.
Jowai set a daily record precipitation of 184.4 mm (7.3 in) on 20 August 1935.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

339 stations

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

Weather records on 20 August 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji/P.S.	India	Record daily precipitation	574.3 mm (22.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	574.3 mm (22.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Attarikhat	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mawphlang Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sangareddi(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayanathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkeriya	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

339 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 144.

Records on 20 August 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 332.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 468.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1935

Top 20 records on 20 August 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1935	Jowai, IN	daily rain	184.4 mm (7.3 in)	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Cherrapunji/P.S., IN	daily rain	574.3 mm (22.6 in)	468.4 mm (18.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Cherrapunji, IN	daily rain	574.3 mm (22.6 in)	468.4 mm (18.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Attarikhat, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Mawphlang Obsy, IN	daily rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Udumalpet, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Syktyvkar, RU	all-time rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Howard, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Williamsburg 2 NW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Sydney, CA	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Reidsville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Rock House, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1935	Bird Island, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1935	St John's, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1935	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 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

1797 to 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1935. 1935 had 339 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 100	264
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2