Weather Records on 21 October 1941

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1941. Highest significance: Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 1941

On 21 October 1941, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 638 daily.
Gainesville UNIV of Fl set an all-time record daily precipitation of 252.2 mm (9.9 in) on 21 October 1941.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

644 stations

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

Weather records on 21 October 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewers Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanaha	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smith 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 299, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 October 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	299
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 October 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 125.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1941

Top 20 records on 21 October 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1941	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	all-time rain	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1941	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Raiford State Prison, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Rico, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Mexico, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Kaiserslautern, DE	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1941	Escalante, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Wokha, IN	monthly rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	St Augustine, US	all-time rain	238.8 mm (9.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Quincy, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Macon, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Steffenville, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Dimapur, IN	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Trenton, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 October 1941	Coimbra, PT	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	24 years	30 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

1795 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1941. 1941 had 644 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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	472
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1