Weather Records on 20 August 1982

620 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1982. Highest significance: Boras, SE.

Key Facts for 20 August 1982

On 20 August 1982, 620 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
296 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 608 daily.
Boras set a daily record precipitation of 32.9 mm (1.3 in) on 20 August 1982.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

620 stations

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

Weather records on 20 August 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Posevnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Alotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Otatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Skogsforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fagered	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haggarda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dois Rios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bollebygd	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler Heights	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Aleman	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

620 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 20 August 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1982 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 608.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1982

Top 20 records on 20 August 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1982	Boras, SE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Posevnaja, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Masljanino, RU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Prachin Buri, TH	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Fountain, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Palpan, MX	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Tuzantla (Smn), MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Santa Maria Alotepec, MX	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Boulder, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Varberg, SE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	75 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Cosamaloapan de Carpio (Smn), MX	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Otatitlan, MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Skogsforsen, SE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1982	Ajo, US	daily high min	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	36 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

1797 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1982. 1982 had 620 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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 20	434
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1