Weather Records on 20 May 1995

734 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1995. Highest significance: Rookwood, AU.

Key Facts for 20 May 1995

On 20 May 1995, 734 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
377 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 695 daily.
Rookwood set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 20 May 1995.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

734 stations

734 station records on 20 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Solis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huascato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ytre Solund	Norway	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Reyes	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Alma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rancho Viejo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jesus Maria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuernavaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tussenbeide	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barrydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bushnell 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Tule	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bullyard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cerano	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

734 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 249, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 20 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	249
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 20 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 28, daily 695.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1995

Top 20 records on 20 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1995	Rookwood, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Presa Solis, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Inverness 3 SE, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Kanin Nos, RU	monthly high min	9.1 C (48.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Adjuntas, MX	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Brinkley, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Atyrau, KZ	daily high min	21.0 C (69.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Jalostotitlan, MX	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Huascato, MX	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Ytre Solund, NO	monthly snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Ripley, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Water Valley, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily high min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Miller, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Villa de Reyes, MX	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1995	Plant City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	35 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

1802 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1995. 1995 had 734 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 50	510
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2