Weather Records on 21 July 1943

253 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1943. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 21 July 1943

On 21 July 1943, 253 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 250 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 21 July 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

253 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bhiwani	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Government Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

253 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 91.

Records on 21 July 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1943

Top 20 records on 21 July 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1943	Uccle, BE	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1943	Angul, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Bakani (Rallai), IN	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1943	Iklera(Aklera), IN	daily rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Uniontown, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Ebrach, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Baton Rouge, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Wien, AT	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Bhiwani, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Atrauli, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Harnosand, SE	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1943	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 253 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 2026-10-14 (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	163
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1