Weather Records on 22 August 2020

1,041 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 2020. Highest significance: Hoshangabad, IN.

Key Facts for 22 August 2020

On 22 August 2020, 1,041 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
839 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,021 daily.
Hoshangabad set a daily record precipitation of 182.1 mm (7.2 in) on 22 August 2020.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,041 stations

1,041 station records on 22 August 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coleraine (Melville Forest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bethpage 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bhopal/Bairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Helgoland	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poytya Ylane	Finland	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huittinen Sallila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ochopee Florida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heinola Asemantaus	Finland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katterjakk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skei I Jolster	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karvia Alkkia	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,041 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 377, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 462, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 August 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	377
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	462
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 August 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 1,021.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

818 broken records

Margins by which the 818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 2020

Top 20 records on 22 August 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 2020	Hoshangabad, IN	daily rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
22 August 2020	Indore, IN	daily rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2020	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2020	Coleraine (Melville Forest), AU	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2020	Bethpage 1 S, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2020	Phelps, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 August 2020	Bhopal/Bairagarh, IN	daily rain	211.1 mm (8.3 in)	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Catawba, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Helgoland, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Steigen, NO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Hartwell, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	De Sabla, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	114 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	26.4 C (79.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Poytya Ylane, FI	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Black Rock, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 2020	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	83 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

1802 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2020. 2020 had 1,041 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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Data for records on 2020-08-22: 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 20	795
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1