Weather Records on 20 May 1941

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1941. Highest significance: Kursk, RU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1941

On 20 May 1941, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 368 daily.
Kursk set a daily record precipitation of 48.2 mm (1.9 in) on 20 May 1941.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 20 May 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pawayan	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandhuka	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varanasi	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanas	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purwa	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palana	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 135, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 May 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	135
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 May 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 368.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1941

Top 20 records on 20 May 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1941	Kursk, RU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Plauen, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Dresden, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Hoxie, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Madison, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Bamberg (Sternwarte), DE	monthly rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Pauta Amaria, IN	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1941	Richfield, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	N Ghasan Sr, IN	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Britt 3E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Oberlin, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Fichtelberg, DE	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Peterborough, CA	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1941	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	27 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 378 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 50	282
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1