Weather Records on 20 May 1950

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1950. Highest significance: Corowa (Ringwood Park), AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1950

On 20 May 1950, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 321 daily.
Corowa (Ringwood Park) set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 20 May 1950.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 20 May 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corowa (Ringwood Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Napoopoo 28	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashta	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maharajganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Digri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 20 May 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 May 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1950

Top 20 records on 20 May 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1950	Corowa (Ringwood Park), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Landsdown, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Deori, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	South Comongin, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Buntine, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Agra, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Stave Falls, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Kuturi, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1950	Coreena, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Kolaras, IN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Safipur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Bear Creek, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Goodooga (Mogila), AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Snake Rvr, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Ellenview, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1950	Napoopoo 28, US	monthly low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	30 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

1802 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1950. 1950 had 327 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 May 1950
Margin	Records
0 to 10	231
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1