2 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1899. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.
Key Facts for 21 July 1899
On 21 July 1899, 2 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 2 daily.
Uccle set a daily record high minimum temperature of 18.6 C (65.5 F) on 21 July 1899.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.
Record Map
2 stations
Highest daily maximumHighest daily minimum
2 station records on 21 July 1899 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 21 July 1899: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Uccle
Belgium
Record high minimum temperature
18.6 C (65.5 F)
19 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard
Switzerland
Record high maximum temperature
18.7 C (65.7 F)
8 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
2 records
Records set or tied on 21 July 1899 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 1.
Records on 21 July 1899 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
0
Highest daily minimum
1
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
0
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 21 July 1899 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 2.
Records on 21 July 1899 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
2
How Much Records Were Beaten By
2 broken records
Margins by which the 2 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1.2. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 July 1899
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
1794 to 1899
1899
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1899. 1899 had 2 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 07-21 in each year
Year
Records
1794
1
1795
1
1796
1
1797
1
1813
2
1832
2
1837
1
1839
1
1843
1
1844
2
1854
1
1859
3
1865
3
1868
3
1872
1
1876
1
1879
2
1880
1
1881
1
1884
1
1885
1
1886
2
1888
2
1889
3
1890
2
1892
3
1893
3
1894
3
1895
1
1896
3
1897
4
1898
7
1899
2
1900
6
1901
13
1902
12
1903
10
1904
8
1905
13
1906
13
1907
12
1908
25
1909
18
1910
12
1911
37
1912
52
1913
41
1914
48
1915
81
1916
72
1917
136
1918
130
1919
51
1920
33
1921
55
1922
48
1923
132
1924
286
1925
202
1926
401
1927
191
1928
205
1929
360
1930
521
1931
549
1932
322
1933
208
1934
965
1935
236
1936
322
1937
253
1938
638
1939
415
1940
318
1941
226
1942
318
1943
253
1944
716
1945
300
1946
398
1947
795
1948
403
1949
603
1950
662
1951
427
1952
657
1953
351
1954
656
1955
582
1956
490
1957
447
1958
531
1959
940
1960
651
1961
388
1962
263
1963
470
1964
457
1965
748
1966
626
1967
313
1968
334
1969
636
1970
1,241
1971
475
1972
1,046
1973
871
1974
536
1975
380
1976
477
1977
708
1978
1,155
1979
964
1980
926
1981
1,352
1982
588
1983
1,234
1984
764
1985
554
1986
791
1987
1,025
1988
1,015
1989
973
1990
914
1991
812
1992
1,562
1993
866
1994
773
1995
1,247
1996
1,141
1997
849
1998
1,674
1999
814
2000
1,230
2001
889
2002
990
2003
1,250
2004
694
2005
1,420
2006
1,479
2007
1,145
2008
989
2009
1,306
2010
1,148
2011
1,414
2012
815
2013
526
2014
762
2015
704
2016
645
2017
433
2018
935
2019
752
2020
361
2021
574
2022
863
2023
812
2024
874
2025
881
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Data for records on 1899-07-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.