Weather Records on 20 April 2020

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 2020. Highest significance: Morsansk, RU.

Key Facts for 20 April 2020

On 20 April 2020, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 435 daily.
Morsansk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 20 April 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 20 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morsansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alexander City	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thorsby Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Midville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bastia	France	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moundville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zwolle 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sretensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Opelika	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 20 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 20 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

389 broken records

Margins by which the 389 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 2020

Top 20 records on 20 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 2020	Morsansk, RU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 April 2020	Oujda, MA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	106 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 April 2020	Louisville 1 E, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	108 years	70 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Lafayette 2W, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	126 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Alexander City, US	all-time rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Clanton, US	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2020	Glennville 3NW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Thorsby Exp STN, US	daily rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	W Pt, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Midville Exp STN, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Americus, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	5 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Port Isabel, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2020	Bastia, FR	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	49 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

1807 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2020. 2020 had 449 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	332
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1