Weather Records on 21 April 1936

277 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1936. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 21 April 1936

On 21 April 1936, 277 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 275 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record snow depth of 70.0 cm (27.6 in) on 21 April 1936.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

277 stations

277 station records on 21 April 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boologooro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizdra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

277 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 21 April 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 21 April 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 275.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1936

Top 20 records on 21 April 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1936	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1936	Boologooro, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Galway, IE	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Tura, IN	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Barrie, CA	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Port Arthur, CA	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Armagh, GB	daily low max	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Kenton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Trafalgar Toseland Road, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Koyah, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	New London, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Whitefish Pt, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
21 April 1936	Aberdeen, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	21 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1936. 1936 had 277 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	200
50 to 100	1
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1