Weather Records on 20 May 1943

802 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1943. Highest significance: Goulburn, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1943

On 20 May 1943, 802 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 758 daily.
Goulburn set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 20 May 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

802 stations

802 station records on 20 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bradwardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose (Panorama)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarago (Kildare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kadiri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagirikota	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santhanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bukkapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dodballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

802 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 633, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	633
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 758.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1943

Top 20 records on 20 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1943	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1943	Palamner, IN	all-time rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1943	Rockley Post Office, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1943	Bradwardine, AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1943	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Glenara, AU	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Sidlaghatta, IN	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Little Hartley (Sheepcombe), AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Blayney (Vittoria), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	monthly rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Burruer (Illaroo), AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1943	Penrose (Panorama), AU	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	34 years	54 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

1802 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1943. 1943 had 802 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 20	490
20 to 40	134
40 to 60	58
60 to 80	27
80 to 100	15
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2