Weather Records on 20 July 1945

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1945. Highest significance: Eufaula, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 1945

On 20 July 1945, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 270 daily.
Eufaula set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 20 July 1945.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 20 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Makapuu Point 724	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellamanchili	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vriddhachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kolosib	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badausa	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Antigonish	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nagode	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckland (Brockley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 167.

Records on 20 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1945

Top 20 records on 20 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1945	Eufaula, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Makapuu Point 724, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Milan, IT	daily high min	26.2 C (79.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	156 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Biloxi, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Yellamanchili, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1945	Chatham, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Yellow Grass, CA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Tarnaby, SE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Harlingen, US	all-time high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Oakland, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Sherburne, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Vriddhachalam, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Ankola, IN	daily rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Little Falls, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Kolosib, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Badausa, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Rauland, NO	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1945	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	28 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1945. 1945 had 278 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 20	215
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1