Weather Records on 20 July 2008

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 2008. Highest significance: Lake Placid 2 S, US.

Key Facts for 20 July 2008

On 20 July 2008, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 644 daily.
Lake Placid 2 S set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 20 July 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 20 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Paradise	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lepel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potrerillos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Punkaharju Laukansaari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grimeli I Krodsherad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Znamianka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rodino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gjettum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viitasaari Haapaniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Trinidad	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
S Hero	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kerimaki Rauvanniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kajaani Saaresmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vesanto Sonkari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macuspana (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinavesi Palokki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Outokumpu Viuruniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palenque (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Singuilucan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Tlacotenco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Polotsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siikalatva Kestila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Savonlinna Laukansaari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Viitasaari Kolima Karna	Finland	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 207.

Records on 20 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 644.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 2008

Top 20 records on 20 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 2008	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	77 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2008	Elliston, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	69 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2008	Paradise, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2008	Lepel, BY	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Hanover, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	118 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Potrerillos, MX	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Borisov, BY	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Streaky Bay, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Incheon, KR	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Agalega, MU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Tombstone, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Punkaharju Laukansaari, FI	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Grimeli I Krodsherad, NO	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Znamianka, UA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Rodino, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Ft Sumner, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Montpelier AP, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2008	Gjettum, NO	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	44 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2008. 2008 had 663 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	433
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1