Weather Records on 20 April 1965

724 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1965. Highest significance: Hohenpeissenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 20 April 1965

On 20 April 1965, 724 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
250 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 706 daily.
Hohenpeissenberg set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 20 April 1965.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

724 stations

724 station records on 20 April 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itatira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle UNIV of Washin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tapera	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pindobacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Varzea da Volta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bangarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Triabunna (3 Boyle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boronia 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Lowlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Eliza	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Needles Eye (Ventnor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palacode	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

724 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 April 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 April 1965 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1965

Top 20 records on 20 April 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1965	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	142 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1965	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1965	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1965	Ormley, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1965	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Deddington (Marathon), AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Silvan, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Pavagada, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Packwood, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Itatira, BR	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Seattle UNIV of Washin, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Shelton, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Woodbury (the Braes), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Tunnack Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Summit, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1965	Tapera, BR	daily rain	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 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

1807 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1965. 1965 had 724 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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Data for records on 1965-04-20: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	535
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1