Weather Records on 20 July 2015

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 2015. Highest significance: Innadong, AU.

Key Facts for 20 July 2015

On 20 July 2015, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
484 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 778 daily.
Innadong set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 20 July 2015.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 20 July 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chino Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yakushima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kremmling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston Ag Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Puskinskie_Gory	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muggon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shantou	China	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nadym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tawarri West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kumejima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minami Daito	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harris STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston Pwr STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 384, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 20 July 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	384
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 2015 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 28, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

628 broken records

Margins by which the 628 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 2015

Top 20 records on 20 July 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 2015	Innadong, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2015	Chino Valley, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2015	Kokpekty, KZ	all-time high min	23.8 C (74.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	95 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Haikou, CN	daily rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	134.3 mm (5.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Wooleen, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Yakushima, JP	daily rain	213.1 mm (8.4 in)	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Valdosta 2 S, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Berlin, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Pindar, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Tejon Rancho, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Big Tujunga Dam Fc46, US	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Kremmling, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Kinston Ag Rsch, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Puskinskie_Gory, RU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Waynesville 2 W, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Saint Johnsbury, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Muggon, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Berkeley, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2015	Berkeley, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	41 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

1809 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2015. 2015 had 812 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	598
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1