Weather Records on 21 April 1914

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1914. Highest significance: Omeo Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 21 April 1914

On 21 April 1914, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 212 daily.
Omeo Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 21 April 1914.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 21 April 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pooncarie (Tarcoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tapio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poolamacca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 21 April 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 April 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1914

Top 20 records on 21 April 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1914	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Euston Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Bic, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1914	Armagh, GB	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Dalhousie, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Anticosti West Point, CA	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Swan Hill (Murray Downs), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Anticosti West Point, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Pooncarie (Tarcoola), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Talbot, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1914	Wallaloo, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 220 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	887
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	196
25 to 50	4
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2