Weather Records on 20 July 1952

488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1952. Highest significance: Gladwin, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 1952

On 20 July 1952, 488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 476 daily.
Gladwin set a daily record precipitation of 90.4 mm (3.6 in) on 20 July 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

488 stations

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

Weather records on 20 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pachpadra	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rayagada	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

488 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 229.

Records on 20 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1952

Top 20 records on 20 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1952	Gladwin, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1952	Hillsboro 3 N, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Svirica, RU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Ranfurly, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Brainerd, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Chillicothe, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Richland Ctr, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Ada, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Elk Point, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Winona, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Danbury, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Toronto, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Campbell, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1952	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	36 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

1809 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1952. 1952 had 488 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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Data for records on 1952-07-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	330
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1