Weather Records on 20 June 1937

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1937. Highest significance: Ashfield Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 20 June 1937

On 20 June 1937, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 401 daily.
Ashfield Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 20 June 1937.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 20 June 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vada	India	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rasra	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hunters Hill (the Bungalow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookhaven Heads	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 20 June 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1937

Top 20 records on 20 June 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1937	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Welland, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Ryde Pumping Station, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Pelee Island, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Minto Surrey Street, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Vada, IN	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	132.9 mm (5.2 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Lilli Pilli, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1937	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	44 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

1800 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1937. 1937 had 412 records.

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

Records on 06-20 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1813	1
1821	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1846	2
1847	1
1850	1
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1877	2
1879	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	3
1897	6
1898	3
1899	6
1900	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	22
1904	13
1905	14
1906	18
1907	10
1908	30
1909	9
1910	27
1911	27
1912	17
1913	30
1914	53
1915	75
1916	83
1917	96
1918	54
1919	67
1920	40
1921	42
1922	61
1923	263
1924	204
1925	483
1926	228
1927	193
1928	199
1929	137
1930	143
1931	536
1932	182
1933	676
1934	301
1935	337
1936	529
1937	412
1938	326
1939	270
1940	469
1941	200
1942	757
1943	447
1944	315
1945	769
1946	849
1947	387
1948	554
1949	314
1950	328
1951	289
1952	318
1953	998
1954	414
1955	291
1956	484
1957	598
1958	603
1959	504
1960	451
1961	836
1962	173
1963	379
1964	729
1965	463
1966	441
1967	687
1968	559
1969	982
1970	482
1971	395
1972	660
1973	553
1974	743
1975	984
1976	899
1977	453
1978	480
1979	727
1980	922
1981	987
1982	801
1983	724
1984	686
1985	811
1986	732
1987	960
1988	1,222
1989	918
1990	899
1991	1,085
1992	1,049
1993	964
1994	925
1995	1,260
1996	1,123
1997	738
1998	1,627
1999	906
2000	1,328
2001	771
2002	955
2003	843
2004	1,071
2005	1,055
2006	820
2007	1,208
2008	669
2009	1,060
2010	865
2011	1,359
2012	1,045
2013	879
2014	381
2015	637
2016	1,352
2017	1,086
2018	635
2019	693
2020	590
2021	1,161
2022	972
2023	1,265
2024	783
2025	944
2026	757

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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	269
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1