Weather Records on 13 July 2020

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 2020. Highest significance: Orenburg, RU.

Key Facts for 13 July 2020

On 13 July 2020, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
474 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 615 daily.
Orenburg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 13 July 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 13 July 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Glenmaggie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wapengo Lake Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hereford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brogo (Hawks Head Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Little Plain)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aparan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arxan	China	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Japura	Indonesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	43.1 C (109.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aasufou	American Samoa [United States]	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel (Cottesloe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soto la Marina (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dzhambejty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Floydada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 102.

Records on 13 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 27, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

482 broken records

Margins by which the 482 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 2020

Top 20 records on 13 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 2020	Orenburg, RU	all-time rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
13 July 2020	Glenmaggie Weir, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2020	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2020	East Sale Airport, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2020	Wapengo Lake Road, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2020	Stratford, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2020	Hereford, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	109 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Portales, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Olton, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Brogo (Hawks Head Road), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Bailey, US	all-time high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Spur, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Lancang, CN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Don Muang, TH	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Greensburg, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Zugdidi, GE	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	6.5 C (43.7 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	152 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Paradise, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 2020	Valencia Creek (Little Plain), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	45 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

1795 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 668 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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Data for records on 2020-07-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 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 10	444
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2