Weather Records on 21 October 1944

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1944. Highest significance: Pella, ZA.

Key Facts for 21 October 1944

On 21 October 1944, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 360 daily.
Pella set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 21 October 1944.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

367 stations

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

Weather records on 21 October 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyndman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kowardha	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandara	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reidsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 286.

Records on 21 October 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 October 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1944

Top 20 records on 21 October 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1944	Pella, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1944	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1944	Greensboro Lock 7, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Saltsburg, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Khapari, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Greensburg 2 S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Koegasbrug, ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Claysville 3 W, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Glenville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Angelica, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Sirpur, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1944	Clarksville, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	39 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

1795 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 367 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	277
20 to 40	50
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1