Weather Records on 20 July 1996

1,365 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 July 1996. Highest significance: Truro, AU.

Key Facts for 20 July 1996

On 20 July 1996, 1,365 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
511 were record highs and 517 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,315 daily.
Truro set a daily record precipitation of 37.2 mm (1.5 in) on 20 July 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

1,365 stations

1,365 station records on 20 July 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 July 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quelimane	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trotters 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dix Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lermontovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kennett Radio Kboa	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Svetlograd	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockway 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,365 records

Records set or tied on 20 July 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 305, Lowest daily minimum 349, Heaviest daily rainfall 337.

Records on 20 July 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	305
Lowest daily minimum	349
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 July 1996 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 36, daily 1,315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,034 broken records

Margins by which the 1,034 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 July 1996

Top 20 records on 20 July 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 July 1996	Truro, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	79 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1996	Lancaster, US	all-time rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	78 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1996	Rugby, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 July 1996	Quelimane, MZ	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Danville, US	all-time rain	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Hamamatsu, JP	daily rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Kenmare 1 WSW, US	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Beach, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Wildrose 3NW, US	all-time rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Bowbells, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Sutton Lake, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Terra Alta #1, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Willow City, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 July 1996	Trotters 3 SSE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 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

1809 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1996. 1996 had 1,365 records.

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

Records on 07-20 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	2
1844	2
1850	1
1859	2
1863	1
1865	4
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1892	7
1893	1
1894	1
1895	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	3
1902	13
1903	6
1904	10
1905	6
1906	8
1907	12
1908	31
1909	6
1910	27
1911	12
1912	33
1913	28
1914	20
1915	163
1916	117
1917	57
1918	53
1919	40
1920	16
1921	55
1922	52
1923	173
1924	112
1925	125
1926	411
1927	106
1928	366
1929	480
1930	598
1931	362
1932	338
1933	201
1934	857
1935	386
1936	358
1937	213
1938	392
1939	336
1940	325
1941	270
1942	609
1943	326
1944	470
1945	278
1946	482
1947	635
1948	385
1949	807
1950	563
1951	448
1952	488
1953	316
1954	512
1955	377
1956	545
1957	351
1958	536
1959	605
1960	758
1961	338
1962	327
1963	457
1964	416
1965	1,110
1966	469
1967	455
1968	389
1969	649
1970	890
1971	619
1972	1,062
1973	804
1974	489
1975	470
1976	580
1977	899
1978	663
1979	1,249
1980	925
1981	1,048
1982	580
1983	1,117
1984	799
1985	604
1986	848
1987	1,156
1988	1,103
1989	1,183
1990	724
1991	1,024
1992	1,137
1993	901
1994	611
1995	961
1996	1,365
1997	903
1998	1,682
1999	815
2000	1,393
2001	755
2002	986
2003	1,313
2004	978
2005	1,266
2006	1,487
2007	1,124
2008	663
2009	1,533
2010	1,154
2011	1,339
2012	817
2013	850
2014	1,000
2015	812
2016	744
2017	398
2018	930
2019	867
2020	524
2021	683
2022	1,108
2023	812
2024	737
2025	680
2026	863

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Data for records on 1996-07-20: 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	976
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1