Weather Records on 20 July 1957

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1957. Highest significance: Sonamarg &, IN.

Key Facts for 20 July 1957

On 20 July 1957, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 346 daily.
Sonamarg & set a monthly record daily precipitation of 132.1 mm (5.2 in) on 20 July 1957.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 20 July 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dholpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsganj	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chunar	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalna	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 162.

Records on 20 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1957

Top 20 records on 20 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1957	Sonamarg &, IN	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1957	Utica, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Sidney 6NNW, US	all-time rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Virginia, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Ft Wingate, US	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Faribault, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Yuma, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Dholpur, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	River Falls, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Aurora, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Halsey 2 W, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Nadhai, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1957	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1957	Harrison, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1957	Hyannis, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1957	Robertsganj, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1957	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1957	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	59 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1957. 1957 had 351 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 10	231
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1