Weather Records on 20 August 1995

1,113 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 1995. Highest significance: Zinder, NE.

Key Facts for 20 August 1995

On 20 August 1995, 1,113 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
748 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,062 daily.
Zinder set an all-time record daily precipitation of 236.0 mm (9.3 in) on 20 August 1995.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,113 stations

1,113 station records on 20 August 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Creek Pass 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Irwinton 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orandino	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elezkaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Cumarebo	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sotuta (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ploegfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedona	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,113 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 385, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 363, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 186.

Records on 20 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	385
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	363
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 43, daily 1,062.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

830 broken records

Margins by which the 830 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 161.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 1995

Top 20 records on 20 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 1995	Zinder, NE	all-time rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 August 1995	Zmeinogorsk, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal", ZA	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Wolf Creek Pass 1 E, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Suchixtlahuaca -Quiotep-, MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Tarko-Sale, RU	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Mojave, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Irwinton 4 WNW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Cleveland 3S, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Orandino, MX	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Armagh, GB	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	139 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Loxton (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Tilden 4 SSE, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 1995	Jacksonville Beach, US	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	9 years	47 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1995. 1995 had 1,113 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 2026-10-17 (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 25	801
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1