Weather Records on 20 August 1943

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1943. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 20 August 1943

On 20 August 1943, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 419 daily.
Milan set a daily record high minimum temperature of 25.2 C (77.4 F) on 20 August 1943.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

436 stations

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

Weather records on 20 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bano	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranikhet	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bolangir	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 108.

Records on 20 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	108
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 12, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

347 broken records

Margins by which the 347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1943

Top 20 records on 20 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1943	Milan, IT	daily high min	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	163 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Camden 3 W, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Kulpahar, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Bano, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Bhawanipatna, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Halle, DE	all-time high max	36.8 C (98.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1943	Mirzapur, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Milan, IT	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Deobhog, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Holbrook, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Fichtelberg, DE	all-time high max	28.8 C (83.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Ranikhet, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Eustis 2 S, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	all-time high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1943	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 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

1797 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 436 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	308
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2