Weather Records on 21 June 1928

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1928. Highest significance: Collector (Brookdale), AU.

Key Facts for 21 June 1928

On 21 June 1928, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 137 daily.
Collector (Brookdale) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 21 June 1928.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 21 June 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eremeran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 56.

Records on 21 June 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

105 broken records

Margins by which the 105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1928

Top 20 records on 21 June 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1928	Collector (Brookdale), AU	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1928	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1928	Cairo River, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1928	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Hargraves (Weeroona), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Paducah, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Paducah River, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Tampa, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Hemlock, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Federal Pt, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Carlisle, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Avon, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Tashkent, UZ	daily high min	23.8 C (74.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Philadelphia City, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1928	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	18 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

1802 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1928. 1928 had 139 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	970
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 21 June 1928
Margin	Records
0 to 10	84
10 to 20	12
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1