Weather Records on 23 July 2020

514 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2020. Highest significance: Zilair, RU.

Key Facts for 23 July 2020

On 23 July 2020, 514 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 153 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 499 daily.
Zilair set an all-time record daily precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 23 July 2020.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

514 stations

514 station records on 23 July 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kalix_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Washita	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lillington	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosa Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concord 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harris Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro Naf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea-Bergnaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record low minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ayr Dpi Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyrktasjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hite Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
March AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

514 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 23 July 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2020 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 9, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2020

Top 20 records on 23 July 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2020	Zilair, RU	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2020	Ganca, AZ	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2020	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2020	Kalix_D, SE	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2020	Lulea Flygplats, SE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2020	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Agalega, MU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Washita, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Spring Grove, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Atlanta Summit, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Lillington, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Scipio, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	122 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Tombstone, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Cleveland, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Rosa Brook, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Chokurdah, RU	all-time high max	32.0 C (89.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2020	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	46 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 514 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	345
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1