Weather Records on 21 July 1953

351 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1953. Highest significance: Mena, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1953

On 21 July 1953, 351 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 344 daily.
Mena set a monthly record daily precipitation of 145.5 mm (5.7 in) on 21 July 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

351 stations

351 station records on 21 July 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dancy 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulbagh (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Pryor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sharpes Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

351 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 21 July 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

285 broken records

Margins by which the 285 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1953

Top 20 records on 21 July 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1953	Mena, US	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1953	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1953	Oudtshoorn, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Dudinka, RU	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Amity, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Appleton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Jonkersberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Dancy 4 N, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Butler, US	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Goudveld (Bos), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1953	Canton, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 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

1794 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1953. 1953 had 351 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	246
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1