Weather Records on 20 July 1962

327 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1962. Highest significance: Lawrence, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 1962

On 20 July 1962, 327 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 322 daily.
Lawrence set a daily record precipitation of 105.4 mm (4.1 in) on 20 July 1962.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

327 stations

327 station records on 20 July 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ottumwa	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oelwein 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kistwar	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobbili	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serampore	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alirajpur/Rajpur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dungarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Modasa	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Datia	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Joshimath	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota-Udepur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ratangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

327 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 180.

Records on 20 July 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1962

Top 20 records on 20 July 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1962	Lawrence, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1962	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1962	Ottumwa, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Hickman, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Leamington, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Oelwein 2 S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Horton, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Kistwar, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Albany, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Perkins, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Pyalong West (Cavan Park), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Southampton, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Harrow Cda, CA	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1962	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	69 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 July 1962	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 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

1809 to 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1962. 1962 had 327 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	186
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1