Weather Records on 20 July 1942

609 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1942. Highest significance: Lucindale Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 July 1942

On 20 July 1942, 609 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
329 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 586 daily.
Lucindale Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 20 July 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

609 stations

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

Weather records on 20 July 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hathras	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surubim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iglas	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	290.1 mm (11.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sailana	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karera	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baroda	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

609 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 July 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 July 1942 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 12, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

456 broken records

Margins by which the 456 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1942

Top 20 records on 20 July 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1942	Lucindale Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	St Georges, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Norddal, NO	monthly snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Syktyvkar, RU	all-time rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Port Townsend, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Warsaw 2 NW, US	all-time high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Hathras, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Dwtn Charleston, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Pandhera, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Mukteshwar Kumaon, IN	daily rain	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1942	Shahada, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1942	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1942	Surubim, BR	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1942	Coldwater, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1942	Scott City, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	32 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

1809 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1942. 1942 had 609 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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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	452
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1