Weather Records on 20 June 1939

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1939. Highest significance: Elwood 8 S, US.

Key Facts for 20 June 1939

On 20 June 1939, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 259 daily.
Elwood 8 S set a daily record precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 20 June 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 20 June 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narayanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 107.

Records on 20 June 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1939

Top 20 records on 20 June 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1939	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Corsicana, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Cambridge, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Huntsville, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Hannibal, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Rockville, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Lexington, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1939	Culbertson, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Haskell, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Fergana, UZ	daily high min	25.4 C (77.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Bertrand, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Liepaja, LV	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Haigler, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 June 1939	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	29 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

1800 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1939. 1939 had 270 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 10	156
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1