Weather Records on 21 July 1936

322 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1936. Highest significance: Pine Bluff, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1936

On 21 July 1936, 322 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 307 daily.
Pine Bluff set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 21 July 1936.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

322 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narasannapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Razole(Rajole)	India	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guntur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tadepalligudem	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Reno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tanuku	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

322 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 21 July 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1936 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 9, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

226 broken records

Margins by which the 226 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1936

Top 20 records on 21 July 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1936	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Moth, IN	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Narasannapeta, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Razole(Rajole), IN	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Llano, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Kothapeta, IN	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1936	Ramachandrapuram, IN	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Surgut, RU	all-time high min	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Mangalgiri, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Seodha(Seondha), IN	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Ukiah, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Graz, AT	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Coldwater, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Conway, US	all-time rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Alamur(Alamar), IN	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1936	Guntur, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	26 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

1794 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 322 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 20	198
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2