Weather Records on 20 July 1982

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1982. Highest significance: Upper Stewiacke, CA.

Key Facts for 20 July 1982

On 20 July 1982, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 566 daily.
Upper Stewiacke set a daily record precipitation of 54.8 mm (2.2 in) on 20 July 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 20 July 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	181.5 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Crossing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Ester	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bemm River (Sydenham Inlet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roelands Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tacotan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 93, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 20 July 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	93
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1982 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 7, daily 566.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

448 broken records

Margins by which the 448 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1982

Top 20 records on 20 July 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1982	Upper Stewiacke, CA	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Rexton, CA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Taunton, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Kumamoto, JP	daily rain	181.5 mm (7.1 in)	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Tambo Crossing, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Upanema (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Usina Ester, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily low min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Rockport 1 ESE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Nhill, AU	daily low min	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Capitan, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Cuba, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Gagetown 2, CA	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Aktobe, KZ	all-time high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1982	Pinkham Notch, US	all-time high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	37 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

1809 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1982. 1982 had 580 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	426
25 to 50	19
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1