Weather Records on 21 April 1932

304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1932. Highest significance: Calgary Int'l A, CA.

Key Facts for 21 April 1932

On 21 April 1932, 304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 293 daily.
Calgary Int'l A set a monthly record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 21 April 1932.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

304 stations

304 station records on 21 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Harbour	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Udumalpet	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palladam	India	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

304 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 21 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 249.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1932

Top 20 records on 21 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1932	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1932	Upper Shillong, IN	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1932	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1932	Shillong, IN	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Sevastopol',Mgs, UA	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Diamond Harbour, IN	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Washta, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Valapady, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Audubon, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Harlan, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Yalta, UA	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Calgary Int'l A, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Udumalpet, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Tirukkattupalli, IN	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Lalgudi, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1932	Bourke North, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 304 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 50	235
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2