Weather Records on 20 July 1954

512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1954. Highest significance: Badami, IN.

Key Facts for 20 July 1954

On 20 July 1954, 512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 504 daily.
Badami set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 20 July 1954.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

512 stations

512 station records on 20 July 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mankapur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palwal	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karmala	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gangarampur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morrilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

512 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 20 July 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1954 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 504.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1954

Top 20 records on 20 July 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1954	Badami, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Millwood (Bos), ZA	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Woodville (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Tucson WFO, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Sihccajavri, NO	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Dadupur, IN	daily rain	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	De Hoop, ZA	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Gordon 6N, US	all-time rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Mankapur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Naya Shahr, IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Monticello, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Pauri, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	St Marys, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1954	Palwal, IN	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1954	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1954	Karmala, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1954	Amarpara, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1954	Hay Springs, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	31 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1954. 1954 had 512 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	380
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2