Weather Records on 20 May 1965

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1965. Highest significance: Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1965

On 20 May 1965, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 197 daily.
Meringa Sugar Exp STN set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.6 mm (4.1 in) on 20 May 1965.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

200 stations

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

Weather records on 20 May 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snug Primary School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz (Cruz de Malta)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chaibasa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delhi Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Todaraising	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonua	India	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birricannia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Siksjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kettering (Saddle Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barmer	India	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 90, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 20 May 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	90
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 20 May 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

168 broken records

Margins by which the 168 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1965

Top 20 records on 20 May 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1965	Meringa Sugar Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Periyanaickampal, IN	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Franklin, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	73 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1965	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Brookhaven City, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Fort Macleod, CA	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Petrun, RU	daily low min	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Snug Primary School, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Santa Cruz (Cruz de Malta), BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Cameron Falls, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Healdton 3 E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Cordova AP, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Chaibasa, IN	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	De Bilt, NL	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Hay Springs, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Verma, NO	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 May 1965	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 years	25 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

1802 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1965. 1965 had 200 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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 200	167
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1