Weather Records on 21 June 1941

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1941. Highest significance: Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs., AU.

Key Facts for 21 June 1941

On 21 June 1941, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 395 daily.
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs. set a daily record precipitation of 27.4 mm (1.1 in) on 21 June 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 21 June 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan Wallan (Inverlochy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flinders State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woori Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 21 June 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 395.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1941

Top 20 records on 21 June 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1941	Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs., AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Ft Ripley, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Caguas, PR	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Eltham, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Kanawalla, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Wallan Wallan (Inverlochy), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Beales Reservoir, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	De Smet, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Tyndall, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Shelford, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Hastings 4N, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Woodend (Carlisle Street), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Kinglake, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1941	Wilsons Reservoir, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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

1802 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 401 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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	292
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1