Weather Records on 20 August 2022

1,038 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 August 2022. Highest significance: Balasore, IN.

Key Facts for 20 August 2022

On 20 August 2022, 1,038 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
686 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,002 daily.
Balasore set a daily record precipitation of 147.1 mm (5.8 in) on 20 August 2022.
Across 163 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,038 stations

1,038 station records on 20 August 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 August 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrktasjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norsborg_11	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nordanas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Patagonia Paton Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Niwot	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sjogarde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunset Crater Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tullinge A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Badger Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ristna	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,038 records

Records set or tied on 20 August 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 451, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 20 August 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	451
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 August 2022 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 27, daily 1,002.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

883 broken records

Margins by which the 883 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 August 2022

Top 20 records on 20 August 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 August 2022	Balasore, IN	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	107 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 August 2022	San Manuel, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Mountainair, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	113 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz, DE	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Kyrktasjo_D, SE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Lake Eldora, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Norsborg_11, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Carrollton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Socorro, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	112 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Nordanas, SE	all-time rain	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Yeso 2 S, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Midland Odessa, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Cliff 11 SE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Patagonia Paton Ctr, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Landsburg, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 August 2022	Augustine 2E, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	75 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

1797 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2022. 2022 had 1,038 records.

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

Records on 08-20 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1807	1
1809	2
1816	1
1830	1
1832	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1858	3
1863	5
1867	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	6
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	1
1899	5
1900	7
1901	12
1902	3
1903	7
1904	30
1905	7
1906	26
1907	15
1908	21
1909	69
1910	7
1911	18
1912	25
1913	23
1914	15
1915	14
1916	74
1917	51
1918	69
1919	25
1920	47
1921	23
1922	52
1923	83
1924	132
1925	193
1926	187
1927	338
1928	101
1929	213
1930	318
1931	214
1932	299
1933	324
1934	376
1935	339
1936	543
1937	537
1938	250
1939	448
1940	695
1941	230
1942	429
1943	436
1944	355
1945	398
1946	349
1947	988
1948	403
1949	431
1950	1,341
1951	824
1952	425
1953	441
1954	476
1955	848
1956	678
1957	342
1958	281
1959	764
1960	465
1961	520
1962	684
1963	577
1964	629
1965	470
1966	1,094
1967	657
1968	862
1969	608
1970	414
1971	585
1972	522
1973	490
1974	565
1975	411
1976	894
1977	860
1978	563
1979	1,009
1980	991
1981	856
1982	620
1983	1,465
1984	696
1985	666
1986	819
1987	564
1988	991
1989	603
1990	1,262
1991	804
1992	1,168
1993	759
1994	719
1995	1,113
1996	900
1997	1,214
1998	802
1999	810
2000	989
2001	909
2002	1,208
2003	1,031
2004	1,333
2005	1,112
2006	851
2007	1,955
2008	1,170
2009	1,414
2010	1,028
2011	987
2012	1,086
2013	545
2014	582
2015	1,075
2016	872
2017	324
2018	657
2019	698
2020	1,051
2021	1,028
2022	1,038
2023	1,479
2024	589
2025	1,134
2026	985

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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	820
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	17
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1