Weather Records on 21 May 1943

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1943. Highest significance: Haveri, IN.

Key Facts for 21 May 1943

On 21 May 1943, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 430 daily.
Haveri set an all-time record daily precipitation of 192.8 mm (7.6 in) on 21 May 1943.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 21 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Holalkhere	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harapanahalli	India	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hubli	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sindgi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hangal	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haliyal	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ron	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dharwar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bijapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rajapur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dhing	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalghatgi	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hospet	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shiggaon	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 77, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 21 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	77
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 21 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 24, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1943

Top 20 records on 21 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1943	Haveri, IN	all-time rain	192.8 mm (7.6 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1943	Harihar, IN	all-time rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1943	Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black, AU	monthly rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1943	Kudligi, IN	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Holalkhere, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Harapanahalli, IN	all-time rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Hubli, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Bajandaj, RU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Sindgi, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Doornplaat, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Gokak, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Mundagod, IN	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Hangal, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Nargund, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1943	Warren, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	46 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

1793 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 463 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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Data for records on 1943-05-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	323
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1