Weather Records on 20 August 1952

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1952. Highest significance: Lamar, US.

Key Facts for 20 August 1952

On 20 August 1952, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 415 daily.
Lamar set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 20 August 1952.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

425 stations

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

Weather records on 20 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tauru(Uaoru)	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jhajjar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mathura	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sampla	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Retreat (Barcoo River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charduar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khalilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 20 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 415.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

343 broken records

Margins by which the 343 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1952

Top 20 records on 20 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1952	Lamar, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 August 1952	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Aligarh, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Agra, IN	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Uccle, BE	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Tauru(Uaoru), IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Nive Downs, AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Greensburg, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Thanesar, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Jhajjar, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Kadipur, IN	monthly rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Galena, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Rohtak, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1952	Westgrove, AU	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 August 1952	Mount Morris, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	34 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

1797 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1952. 1952 had 425 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	308
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1