United States Weather Records in 2020

135,221 weather records set or tied in United States in 2020, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for United States in 2020

135,221 weather records were set or tied in United States in 2020.
61,988 were record highs and 36,417 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
210,370 records set in 2020 still stand in United States.

Records per Year, by Type

2020 outlined

Records set or tied in United States each year from 1873 to 2026, stacked by type. 2020 had 135,221.

Weather records per year in United States, stacked by type, 2020 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Heaviest daily snowfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1873	3	15	6	9	13	9	0	55
1874	6	14	8	6	10	7	0	51
1875	5	20	4	15	11	6	0	61
1876	11	6	19	3	7	6	0	52
1877	17	3	14	0	9	2	0	45
1878	13	2	10	3	9	1	0	38
1879	16	7	13	7	4	1	0	48
1880	17	10	24	8	9	4	0	72
1881	26	5	20	2	11	3	0	67
1882	8	8	5	5	8	5	0	39
1883	10	5	4	13	9	4	0	45
1884	13	12	7	6	15	2	0	55
1885	13	9	12	6	11	0	0	51
1886	4	7	18	1	9	1	0	40
1887	26	11	16	16	8	0	0	77
1888	18	18	9	8	26	0	0	79
1889	21	14	6	12	23	0	0	76
1890	28	1	10	9	11	0	0	59
1891	14	13	1	11	15	0	0	54
1892	12	6	0	3	15	2	0	38
1893	3	6	1	6	16	5	0	37
1894	13	8	2	8	24	4	0	59
1895	15	4	16	3	36	1	0	75
1896	21	5	11	6	43	8	0	94
1897	7	6	3	3	55	4	0	78
1898	19	3	9	1	66	12	0	110
1899	42	30	46	34	71	10	0	233
1900	51	19	42	37	99	13	0	261
1901	79	50	34	42	208	11	0	424
1902	67	72	71	78	260	28	0	576
1903	114	215	104	121	247	13	0	814
1904	135	216	80	169	215	39	0	854
1905	186	167	153	138	245	22	0	911
1906	196	194	233	144	312	19	0	1,098
1907	196	266	157	211	298	41	0	1,169
1908	254	165	234	97	305	21	0	1,076
1909	268	251	224	206	324	25	0	1,298
1910	314	165	210	128	283	29	0	1,129
1911	324	204	199	186	315	25	0	1,253
1912	193	267	131	208	385	29	0	1,213
1913	365	190	361	183	407	11	0	1,517
1914	318	272	242	242	370	76	0	1,520
1915	322	294	295	211	477	73	1	1,673
1916	373	387	308	293	507	114	5	1,987
1917	303	661	176	503	520	119	7	2,289
1918	544	420	441	321	625	99	17	2,467
1919	414	364	423	294	864	76	46	2,481
1920	345	517	372	406	1,017	105	11	2,773
1921	1,020	268	917	300	927	100	11	3,543
1922	1,030	549	1,084	568	1,427	117	12	4,787
1923	3,213	2,993	3,629	3,958	4,758	285	187	19,023
1924	4,876	6,245	3,738	7,497	6,090	395	152	28,993
1925	9,292	5,770	6,618	6,075	6,881	390	225	35,251
1926	5,508	6,747	5,618	7,267	8,972	488	233	34,833
1927	10,951	7,361	9,620	6,459	10,535	474	156	45,556
1928	8,223	6,983	9,456	7,006	10,343	416	215	42,642
1929	7,613	8,525	8,113	10,684	11,775	916	732	48,358
1930	17,590	8,622	12,963	11,659	9,969	776	574	62,153
1931	18,649	5,470	16,100	5,570	11,862	798	364	58,813
1932	11,772	10,833	11,848	9,503	13,843	1,299	1,064	60,162
1933	17,418	8,126	12,495	8,062	12,398	932	349	59,780
1934	21,777	7,551	16,605	8,935	12,451	1,118	691	69,128
1935	8,475	12,948	12,406	10,173	14,803	1,283	421	60,509
1936	23,182	14,308	18,262	16,105	15,242	2,058	1,715	90,872
1937	10,638	13,415	11,100	10,466	17,153	1,941	1,112	65,825
1938	15,001	6,607	15,477	6,266	17,359	1,650	620	62,980
1939	21,436	6,683	14,844	7,840	15,228	2,003	620	68,654
1940	10,530	15,892	12,861	16,385	20,578	3,018	1,785	81,049
1941	13,178	7,713	16,616	4,931	22,164	2,263	715	67,580
1942	10,208	11,993	12,610	12,103	21,842	3,246	1,463	73,465
1943	13,873	12,701	13,214	15,505	18,217	2,544	962	77,016
1944	12,003	9,016	12,346	9,713	22,016	3,482	1,291	69,867
1945	11,884	14,132	14,972	12,164	22,870	3,619	1,475	81,116
1946	15,221	9,330	16,112	8,982	22,342	2,960	605	75,552
1947	16,267	11,359	14,890	12,743	20,679	4,053	1,446	81,437
1948	12,426	13,255	13,587	14,158	23,643	4,874	2,217	84,160
1949	14,818	12,216	14,774	12,082	22,874	4,238	2,272	83,274
1950	16,884	21,146	13,977	20,922	23,581	4,737	1,849	103,096
1951	12,845	21,271	12,450	17,652	24,364	6,390	2,726	97,698
1952	15,874	12,961	12,964	14,901	21,883	4,424	2,220	85,227
1953	21,648	8,846	17,385	10,843	20,859	3,512	752	83,845
1954	20,692	11,029	18,029	11,378	20,043	3,433	726	85,330
1955	14,529	16,688	15,015	16,959	22,057	5,162	1,535	91,945
1956	16,003	12,144	14,337	15,021	19,498	5,036	1,983	84,022
1957	9,004	13,179	14,224	10,148	28,064	4,495	993	80,107
1958	12,328	13,467	12,736	11,671	25,233	5,078	2,319	82,832
1959	10,755	13,844	14,190	12,423	24,709	5,246	1,588	82,755
1960	10,646	18,632	10,576	18,389	24,301	6,968	5,681	95,193
1961	11,245	14,419	13,711	13,564	27,201	6,509	2,700	89,349
1962	15,047	18,665	13,605	17,595	25,034	5,902	2,764	98,612
1963	17,721	15,807	15,880	18,001	22,620	4,742	1,810	96,581
1964	10,890	17,251	13,030	19,743	24,633	6,514	2,683	94,744
1965	9,316	19,436	13,725	18,306	27,680	6,439	2,357	97,259
1966	10,535	15,330	13,638	15,440	22,895	6,647	2,921	87,406
1967	13,758	19,082	12,771	18,300	27,111	7,415	2,781	101,218
1968	10,188	17,606	13,565	16,535	28,886	6,514	2,804	96,098
1969	7,819	14,870	12,028	12,782	30,105	7,882	5,869	91,355
1970	10,491	17,692	14,977	15,963	29,009	7,368	3,422	98,922
1971	12,707	20,042	14,814	17,814	31,243	9,534	4,848	111,002
1972	16,245	25,699	15,358	21,870	34,212	8,172	3,046	124,602
1973	11,658	13,433	18,202	11,813	39,113	7,828	2,838	104,885
1974	14,846	18,460	17,563	19,537	32,090	5,916	2,070	110,482
1975	11,755	18,362	13,896	16,996	36,754	10,177	3,779	111,719
1976	15,008	20,576	13,389	24,553	29,450	6,286	1,435	110,697
1977	20,020	15,723	20,969	16,442	33,981	8,224	4,915	120,274
1978	11,160	19,046	13,486	16,284	37,344	11,112	18,318	126,750
1979	12,786	22,195	16,330	21,548	42,928	10,961	20,175	146,923
1980	24,347	14,534	21,391	13,555	34,745	9,711	5,934	124,217
1981	21,915	13,499	23,348	13,691	36,841	6,167	2,521	117,982
1982	12,831	23,304	20,262	20,048	46,535	12,100	10,263	145,343
1983	15,272	28,912	22,686	25,584	47,132	12,215	14,193	165,994
1984	18,692	20,306	23,124	19,267	40,451	10,736	8,952	141,528
1985	16,064	29,424	20,441	25,482	39,163	13,196	16,580	160,350
1986	24,490	19,193	26,153	15,394	40,388	7,729	5,004	138,351
1987	25,052	16,607	23,582	14,198	37,886	10,683	7,675	135,683
1988	29,275	16,457	23,448	16,747	31,556	9,527	5,869	132,879
1989	25,256	36,840	21,777	30,571	35,983	9,858	7,431	167,716
1990	31,195	19,952	29,431	14,897	42,867	9,120	4,290	151,752
1991	22,000	24,306	32,801	17,858	40,288	8,783	8,183	154,219
1992	17,193	29,511	21,785	17,406	40,349	8,571	5,221	140,036
1993	9,764	27,984	15,083	20,585	40,805	12,173	14,682	141,076
1994	16,927	19,183	21,258	13,003	36,864	10,140	9,757	127,132
1995	22,902	22,050	28,686	13,601	40,517	10,254	6,719	144,729
1996	23,266	29,991	24,130	22,565	41,792	13,363	14,223	169,330
1997	15,405	26,015	23,028	16,230	38,621	11,582	12,164	143,045
1998	29,827	14,001	36,979	7,759	41,713	6,406	3,274	139,959
1999	27,432	15,661	21,864	10,843	32,837	7,415	4,633	120,685
2000	29,306	24,156	27,503	14,064	33,111	10,435	8,702	147,277
2001	20,804	11,955	26,238	9,867	33,372	7,841	6,475	116,552
2002	25,487	20,247	26,690	18,322	31,756	9,075	5,032	136,609
2003	26,411	17,108	25,215	9,715	32,128	9,023	5,586	125,186
2004	14,259	19,238	21,970	12,100	37,862	6,935	4,812	117,176
2005	22,145	12,545	24,947	8,875	33,190	8,024	4,469	114,195
2006	24,598	15,049	26,943	9,813	31,902	6,225	4,080	118,610
2007	25,833	16,337	26,280	10,012	31,831	8,951	6,597	125,841
2008	15,023	18,367	17,990	12,357	32,888	10,585	7,793	115,003
2009	14,198	23,907	16,728	12,926	33,416	9,838	8,359	119,372
2010	16,845	14,470	24,221	8,940	33,127	10,219	12,423	120,245
2011	22,070	17,578	24,792	9,955	34,562	10,228	9,516	128,701
2012	33,669	9,648	32,237	6,040	29,208	6,071	3,223	120,096
2013	12,095	22,319	19,828	15,116	33,137	9,883	9,078	121,456
2014	11,101	28,157	19,902	18,737	31,040	8,463	7,315	124,715
2015	25,433	16,889	34,952	9,999	35,050	6,585	6,548	135,456
2016	23,712	8,178	29,203	4,543	30,729	5,217	3,407	104,989
2017	28,507	16,777	34,069	8,937	32,083	5,853	4,668	130,894
2018	18,433	20,313	28,531	13,595	31,103	9,107	7,715	128,797
2019	15,294	25,370	21,578	18,920	33,504	9,918	9,382	133,966
2020	30,669	20,216	31,319	16,201	24,905	6,699	5,212	135,221
2021	32,454	20,234	34,031	12,774	25,927	5,842	4,562	135,824
2022	28,148	22,347	32,251	16,745	24,612	6,866	4,797	135,766
2023	26,042	18,818	30,926	12,847	26,528	5,479	7,563	128,203
2024	31,218	12,878	36,465	9,244	26,536	4,268	2,173	122,782
2025	34,084	17,154	39,070	11,220	22,792	4,804	3,143	132,267
2026	42,393	11,489	47,740	7,852	18,299	2,876	1,874	132,523

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in United States: 1870s 1.3 to 1, 1880s 1.6 to 1, 1890s 1.7 to 1, 1900s 1.0 to 1, 1910s 1.1 to 1, 1920s 1.1 to 1, 1930s 1.7 to 1, 1940s 1.2 to 1, 1950s 1.0 to 1, 1960s 0.7 to 1, 1970s 0.8 to 1, 1980s 1.1 to 1, 1990s 1.2 to 1, 2000s 1.6 to 1, 2010s 1.7 to 1, 2020s 2.3 to 1.

Record highs per record low in United States, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1870s	1.31 to 1
1880s	1.61 to 1
1890s	1.66 to 1
1900s	1.01 to 1
1910s	1.10 to 1
1920s	1.06 to 1
1930s	1.66 to 1
1940s	1.16 to 1
1950s	1.04 to 1
1960s	0.74 to 1
1970s	0.80 to 1
1980s	1.07 to 1
1990s	1.24 to 1
2000s	1.57 to 1
2010s	1.65 to 1
2020s	2.32 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2020: 210,370

Records still standing in United States by the year they were set. 210,370 of them were set in 2020.

Standing records in United States by the year they were set, 2020 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1836	2
1843	200
1844	25
1845	104
1846	78
1847	76
1848	74
1849	102
1850	94
1851	142
1852	109
1853	73
1854	116
1855	113
1856	211
1857	226
1858	148
1859	167
1860	125
1861	177
1862	181
1863	155
1864	49
1865	437
1866	369
1867	374
1868	738
1869	652
1870	316
1871	676
1872	1,844
1873	1,649
1874	1,313
1875	2,459
1876	1,987
1877	1,518
1878	1,375
1879	2,700
1880	2,381
1881	1,944
1882	1,905
1883	2,745
1884	4,272
1885	5,100
1886	5,106
1887	6,377
1888	7,196
1889	7,904
1890	7,911
1891	10,909
1892	16,129
1893	128,492
1894	88,745
1895	106,041
1896	108,178
1897	118,634
1898	109,872
1899	133,337
1900	124,843
1901	136,042
1902	125,692
1903	114,833
1904	112,754
1905	151,287
1906	139,989
1907	133,674
1908	119,769
1909	143,778
1910	159,179
1911	167,898
1912	142,976
1913	144,405
1914	142,696
1915	162,425
1916	174,488
1917	172,685
1918	173,417
1919	130,760
1920	126,070
1921	121,434
1922	115,810
1923	123,559
1924	139,220
1925	147,067
1926	147,060
1927	139,993
1928	141,603
1929	137,744
1930	212,880
1931	173,421
1932	152,318
1933	150,308
1934	144,270
1935	135,369
1936	192,216
1937	153,526
1938	140,980
1939	183,888
1940	192,584
1941	183,282
1942	209,192
1943	185,932
1944	185,885
1945	202,986
1946	176,561
1947	213,296
1948	1,138,363
1949	795,585
1950	426,668
1951	315,785
1952	282,263
1953	241,964
1954	240,611
1955	256,414
1956	260,399
1957	238,628
1958	227,057
1959	232,712
1960	253,006
1961	223,900
1962	269,720
1963	275,981
1964	264,682
1965	265,228
1966	249,153
1967	261,654
1968	224,077
1969	243,847
1970	227,859
1971	245,195
1972	247,194
1973	202,223
1974	208,575
1975	217,353
1976	212,721
1977	221,263
1978	254,370
1979	255,548
1980	220,290
1981	195,944
1982	218,203
1983	244,557
1984	212,985
1985	252,012
1986	217,482
1987	207,652
1988	214,817
1989	275,218
1990	255,632
1991	251,742
1992	262,165
1993	247,781
1994	219,523
1995	247,195
1996	312,523
1997	257,793
1998	248,002
1999	233,353
2000	261,664
2001	217,927
2002	267,241
2003	260,596
2004	238,263
2005	233,236
2006	240,929
2007	240,651
2008	246,978
2009	249,194
2010	243,950
2011	300,704
2012	277,371
2013	265,828
2014	246,726
2015	253,078
2016	199,360
2017	241,778
2018	216,502
2019	224,676
2020	210,370
2021	202,352
2022	208,605
2023	204,789
2024	186,976
2025	210,901
2026	167,135

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).