Weather Records on 21 July 2020

363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2020. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 2020

On 21 July 2020, 363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 354 daily.
Chitradurga set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 21 July 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

363 stations

363 station records on 21 July 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teuchet Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lidkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selagoncy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kittila Pokka	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ica	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnij Ufalej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Harmony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shenyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kouvola Voikoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gadag	India	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alwen	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yongan	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

363 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 123, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 21 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	123
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

266 broken records

Margins by which the 266 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2020

Top 20 records on 21 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2020	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2020	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Enid, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Alpine, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Lebo, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Adel, US	all-time high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Teuchet Creek, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Petersburg 2 N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Lidkoping, SE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Charlevoix, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	124 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Shillong, IN	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Emporia 3 NW, US	monthly rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Brunswick-McKinnon AP, US	all-time high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Key W Intl AP, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Selagoncy, RU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Wisley, GB	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	89 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2020	Jacksonville Beach, US	daily high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	39 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

1794 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 363 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	223
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1