Weather Records on 24 July 1921

67 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1921. Highest significance: Glen Innes Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 July 1921

On 24 July 1921, 67 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 67 daily.
Glen Innes Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 24 July 1921.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

67 stations

67 station records on 24 July 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Rollands Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hornsby Junction (Thornleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

67 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 28.

Records on 24 July 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

49 broken records

Margins by which the 49 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1921

Top 20 records on 24 July 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1921	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Ebor (Wongwibinda), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Barraba (Mount Lindsay), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1921	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Wollong, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Wien, AT	daily high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily rain	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Belltrees Homestead, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Belltrees 1, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 1921	Pitea, SE	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	32 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

1799 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1921. 1921 had 67 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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 10	37
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1