Weather Records on 27 July 1921

123 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1921. Highest significance: Lillimur Estate, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1921

On 27 July 1921, 123 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 120 daily.
Lillimur Estate set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 27 July 1921.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

123 stations

123 station records on 27 July 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rokewood (Kuruc A Ruc)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen Netherby Wine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

123 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 81.

Records on 27 July 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

111 broken records

Margins by which the 111 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 21.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1921

Top 20 records on 27 July 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1921	Lillimur Estate, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1921	Bologna, IT	daily high min	26.9 C (80.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1921	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1921	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	White River, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Zagreb-Gric, HR	all-time high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Rotherwood, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Yerevan, AM	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Shelford, AU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Putbus, DE	daily rain	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Wahgunyah, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1921	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	20 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

1805 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1921. 1921 had 123 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 July 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 5	78
5 to 10	18
10 to 15	10
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1