Weather Records on 21 January 1921

54 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1921. Highest significance: Kazan, RU.

Key Facts for 21 January 1921

On 21 January 1921, 54 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 54 daily.
Kazan set a daily record precipitation of 5.8 mm (0.23 in) on 21 January 1921.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

54 stations

54 station records on 21 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

54 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 18.

Records on 21 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 54.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 9.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1921

Top 20 records on 21 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1921	Kazan, RU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Gotska Sandon, SE	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Parnu, EE	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Junsele, SE	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Teterow, DE	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	25 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Landsort, SE	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	21 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Orebro, SE	daily high max	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	38 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Syktyvkar, RU	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	22 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Tallinn, EE	daily rain	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	21 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Armagh, GB	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	19 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	29 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	24 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1921	Paris, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	11 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 54 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 2	26
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	4
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	2