Weather Records on 21 August 1936

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1936. Highest significance: Haparanda, SE.

Key Facts for 21 August 1936

On 21 August 1936, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
598 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 786 daily.
Haparanda set a daily record precipitation of 32.1 mm (1.3 in) on 21 August 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

807 stations

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

Weather records on 21 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maudeha	India	Record daily precipitation	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saharanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kurinjipadi	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eubank	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Debiabhoj Diyabh	India	Record daily precipitation	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bharthana	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rudrapur/Kitchha	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manoharpur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Phalodi	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jaipur Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 334, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 264, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 152.

Records on 21 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	334
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	264
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 144.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1936

Top 20 records on 21 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1936	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Baheri, IN	daily rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Maudeha, IN	daily rain	170.9 mm (6.7 in)	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Bilhaur, IN	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Saharanpur, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Sheopur, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Pontiac Wwtp, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Milaca, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Kurinjipadi, IN	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Eubank, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Grantsburg, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Falsterbo, SE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Titusville, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1936	Debiabhoj Diyabh, IN	all-time rain	231.6 mm (9.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Bharthana, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Mustafabad Jasra, IN	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Rudrapur/Kitchha, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 1936	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	32 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

1800 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1936. 1936 had 807 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 20	608
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1