Weather Records on 1 August 2020

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 2020. Highest significance: Lyon - St Exupery, FR.

Key Facts for 1 August 2020

On 1 August 2020, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
648 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 765 daily.
Lyon - St Exupery set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 1 August 2020.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 1 August 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	49.4 C (120.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record high minimum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	42.7 C (108.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wikieup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wurzburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shantou	China	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pomme de Terre Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Falls Ph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barren Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record high minimum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville Siu Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morelia Mich.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Glacier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barnes STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelican	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 353, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 112.

Records on 1 August 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	353
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 2020 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 63, daily 765.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 2020

Top 20 records on 1 August 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 2020	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 August 2020	Jackson, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Prescott, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	114 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Greensburg, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Encinal, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Pittsburgh Allegheny Co AP, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Round Spring 2SW, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Jerome, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	118 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Tegucigalpa, HN	all-time high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Bogorodskoe, RU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Decatur Wtp, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Barth, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Parker, US	daily high max	49.4 C (120.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily high max	36.4 C (97.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Veraval, IN	monthly high min	28.8 C (83.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Fordyce, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 2020	Dunkirk 19NNE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 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

1797 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2020. 2020 had 838 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

Download the Data

Data for records on 2020-08-01: 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 2026-10-17 (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	580
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1