Weather Records on 20 May 1952

615 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1952. Highest significance: Pardoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1952

On 20 May 1952, 615 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 600 daily.
Pardoo Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 139.4 mm (5.5 in) on 20 May 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

615 stations

615 station records on 20 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maly Uzen'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bellingham 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El-Ton	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minderoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ethel Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapple Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

615 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 175, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 237, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 20 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	175
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1952

Top 20 records on 20 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1952	Pardoo Station, AU	monthly rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 May 1952	Clearbrook, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Maly Uzen', RU	monthly rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Mulyie, AU	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Nimingarra, AU	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	De Grey, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Hamersley, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Warrawagine, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Bulloo Downs, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Chernjaevo, RU	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Bellingham 2 N, US	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Muccan, AU	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Roebourne, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Warralong, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Mundiwindi, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Balfour Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1952	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	37 years	40 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 615 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	465
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1