Weather Records on 21 July 1944

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1944. Highest significance: Itaporanga Dajuda, BR.

Key Facts for 21 July 1944

On 21 July 1944, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 537 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 694 daily.
Itaporanga Dajuda set a daily record precipitation of 95.7 mm (3.8 in) on 21 July 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 21 July 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mirpur	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prairieview	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kolaras	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	129.4 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farukhnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalvan	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 131, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 406, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 21 July 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	131
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	406
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1944

Top 20 records on 21 July 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1944	Itaporanga Dajuda, BR	daily rain	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Mirpur, PK	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Rehli, IN	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Holenarsipur, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Charkhari, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Prairieview, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1944	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	all-time low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Darauli, IN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Heerde, NL	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Colorado City, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Kolaras, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Helena, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Irvington, US	monthly low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Post, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Grayling, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Prince, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1944	Brockville, CA	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 716 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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Data for records on 1944-07-21: 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 2026-10-13 (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	537
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2