Weather Records on 21 July 1950

662 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1950. Highest significance: Garah (Bengerang), AU.

Key Facts for 21 July 1950

On 21 July 1950, 662 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 299 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 646 daily.
Garah (Bengerang) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 21 July 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

662 stations

662 station records on 21 July 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pusesauli	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (Midkin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Terry Hie Hie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	276.4 mm (10.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Satara	India	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wai	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antah	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	192.5 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beechmont Binna Burra Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kiolakaa 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hasanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ghoda Ambegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

662 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 319.

Records on 21 July 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 146.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1950

Top 20 records on 21 July 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1950	Garah (Bengerang), AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1950	Pusesauli, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Ashley (Midkin), AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Terry Hie Hie, AU	all-time rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Patan, IN	daily rain	276.4 mm (10.9 in)	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Junnar, IN	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Hillgrove (Hillview), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Canadian, US	all-time rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Satara, IN	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Clay, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Siddapur, IN	daily rain	285.0 mm (11.2 in)	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Miami, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Wai, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Sampagaon-Bailh, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Antah, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1950	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 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

1794 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1950. 1950 had 662 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 2026-10-13 (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	505
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1