Weather Records on 20 August 2019

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 2019. Highest significance: Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US.

Key Facts for 20 August 2019

On 20 August 2019, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
567 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 689 daily.
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 20 August 2019.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 20 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Objacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antichan	France	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heathfield Works Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record low maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wakayama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mogoca	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Margaret Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 312, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 81.

Records on 20 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	312
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 689.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 2019

Top 20 records on 20 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 2019	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	125 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2019	Daltonganj, IN	monthly rain	261.9 mm (10.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2019	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	120 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2019	Bijsk Zonalnaja, RU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2019	Objacevo, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Perm, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	123 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Alicante El Altet, ES	monthly rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Lake Charles, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Portales, US	monthly high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Clarks Hill 1 W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Wheatland 4N, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Neosho, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	119 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Butlers Gorge, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Santuck, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Abilene, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	118 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Maliye_Karmakuly, RU	daily high max	19.8 C (67.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Ada, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	117 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Antichan, FR	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2019	Alicante, ES	monthly rain	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	74 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

1797 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2019. 2019 had 698 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 20	477
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2