Weather Records on 20 October 1944

288 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1944. Highest significance: Atlantic City Marina, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 1944

On 20 October 1944, 288 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 278 daily.
Atlantic City Marina set a daily record precipitation of 82.0 mm (3.2 in) on 20 October 1944.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

288 stations

288 station records on 20 October 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heath Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ketty	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kotagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurud	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Markapur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

288 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 20 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 278.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1944

Top 20 records on 20 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1944	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Rimini 2 SSW, US	monthly rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Heath Springs, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Yemassee 1 N, US	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Roanoke, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Harrismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Pinehurst Sthrn Pines, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Kingstree, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Lenoir, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Smithfield, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Morganton, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	59 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1944	Ketty, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	35 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

1806 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1944. 1944 had 288 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	153
10 to 20	41
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	11
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	3