Weather Records on 20 July 2020

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 2020. Highest significance: Naryn, KG.

Key Facts for 20 July 2020

On 20 July 2020, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
346 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 512 daily.
Naryn set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 20 July 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

524 stations

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

Weather records on 20 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Miercurea Ciuc	Romania	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Multra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ord #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Mtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.2 C (117.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Kamchatsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scobey 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagqu	China	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton-Sherman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hefei	China	Record low minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrahanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oguzeli	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heber (Black Mesa) Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lensk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sharurah	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fagelsjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Underkhaan	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aerop.Internacional	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ohansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hularin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jarvso	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 248, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 107.

Records on 20 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	248
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 6, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

368 broken records

Margins by which the 368 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 2020

Top 20 records on 20 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 2020	Naryn, KG	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	77 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2020	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	112 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 July 2020	Miercurea Ciuc, RO	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Joskar-Ola, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Multra, SE	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Morris 1NW, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Casey, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	123 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Superior, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	119 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Bradford, GB	daily low min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Elliston, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Ord #2, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Belle Fourche, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Shillong, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 2020	Clinton, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	42 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2020. 2020 had 524 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 10	330
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1