Weather Records on 20 June 1942

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 June 1942. Highest significance: Glenwood 3SW, US.

Key Facts for 20 June 1942

On 20 June 1942, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 737 daily.
Glenwood 3SW set a daily record precipitation of 60.2 mm (2.4 in) on 20 June 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 20 June 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 June 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Behtungra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gulargambone (Emby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burraga 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 20 June 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 574.

Records on 20 June 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	574
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 June 1942 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 737.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 June 1942

Top 20 records on 20 June 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 June 1942	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Katella, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Wantiool (Caithness), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Grant City, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Bumberry, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Cudal Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Behtungra Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Molong (King St), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Narrawa (Hollywood), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Stockinbingal General Store, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Concord, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1942	Dynevor Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	48 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1942. 1942 had 757 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	413
10 to 20	133
20 to 30	83
30 to 40	34
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	9
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1