Weather Records on 20 October 2020

1,010 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 2020. Highest significance: Guthrie Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 20 October 2020

On 20 October 2020, 1,010 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
347 were record highs and 318 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 979 daily.
Guthrie Ctr set a daily record snowfall of 17.5 cm (6.9 in) on 20 October 2020.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,010 stations

1,010 station records on 20 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalix_D	Sweden	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhuj-Rudramata	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burgos-Villafria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,010 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 282, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 103, Deepest snow cover 94.

Records on 20 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	282
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	103
Deepest snow cover	94

Records on 20 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 979.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 2020

Top 20 records on 20 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 2020	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	124 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2020	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2020	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2020	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	102 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 October 2020	Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Kalix_D, SE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Fosston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Bhuj-Rudramata, IN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Belle Plaine, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Sisseton, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	119 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Agalega, MU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	110 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Tabora Airport, TZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Judith Gap, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Zamora, ES	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 2020	Haparanda, SE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	104 years	48 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

1806 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2020. 2020 had 1,010 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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 50	757
50 to 100	51
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1