Weather Records on 21 July 1954

656 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1954. Highest significance: Gary, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1954

On 21 July 1954, 656 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 630 daily.
Gary set an all-time record daily precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 21 July 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

656 stations

656 station records on 21 July 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mummidivaram	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morris River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loerie (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

656 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 251.

Records on 21 July 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1954 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

516 broken records

Margins by which the 516 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1954

Top 20 records on 21 July 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1954	Gary, US	all-time rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1954	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1954	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Jackson 3 NW, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Wilmington 3 N, US	all-time rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Hillsboro, US	all-time rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Lemmon, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Humboldt, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Middletown, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Ashland, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Peebles 1 S, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Jewett Work Ctr, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Tashkent, UZ	monthly rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Kirksville, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Waverly, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1954	Huntington 1, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 656 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 10	441
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1