Weather Records on 21 May 1935

190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1935. Highest significance: Taylorsville 2SW, US.

Key Facts for 21 May 1935

On 21 May 1935, 190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 187 daily.
Taylorsville 2SW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 130.8 mm (5.1 in) on 21 May 1935.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

190 stations

190 station records on 21 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waianae 798	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lalgudi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

190 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 61.

Records on 21 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 187.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1935

Top 20 records on 21 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1935	Taylorsville 2SW, US	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1935	Paoli, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1935	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Frankfort Downtown, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Spencer, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Ryan, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Glenville, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Point Pleasant, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Musiri, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Bajramaly, TM	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Richmond, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Marysville, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1935	Scotland Neck, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 years	24 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 190 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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 5	110
5 to 10	17
10 to 15	12
15 to 20	8
20 to 25	5
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1