Weather Records on 21 July 1945

300 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1945. Highest significance: Barguzin, RU.

Key Facts for 21 July 1945

On 21 July 1945, 300 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 289 daily.
Barguzin set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 21 July 1945.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

300 stations

300 station records on 21 July 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sringeri	India	Record daily precipitation	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ucluelet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daudnagar(Haspur)	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maudeha	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perumpavur	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

300 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 21 July 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1945 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 7, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1945

Top 20 records on 21 July 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1945	Barguzin, RU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Quinault Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Amamoor, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Sringeri, IN	all-time rain	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Milan, IT	daily high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	152 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Zagreb-Gric, HR	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Clayoquot, CA	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Cheljabinsk-Balandi, RU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Uralsk, KZ	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1945	Gurjala(Gurujala), IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1945	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1945	Ucluelet, CA	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1945	Chaplin, CA	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1945	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 July 1945	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	13.8 C (56.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	63 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

1794 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 300 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	221
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1