Weather Records on 13 July 1921

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1921. Highest significance: Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 13 July 1921

On 13 July 1921, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 79 daily.
Sydney (Observatory Hill) set a daily record high maximum temperature of 22.8 C (73.0 F) on 13 July 1921.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 13 July 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 11.

Records on 13 July 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	11
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

63 broken records

Margins by which the 63 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 20.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1921

Top 20 records on 13 July 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1921	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1921	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Parry Sound, CA	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Toronto, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Beatrice, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	34.6 C (94.3 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Port Arthur, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Ottawa, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Stonecliffe, CA	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Lakefield, CA	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Dubuque River, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Alma, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	44 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Escanaba, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
13 July 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	13.1 C (55.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	31 years	17 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

1795 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1921. 1921 had 81 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	708
2026	1,123

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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 2026-10-17 (17 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 5	59
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1