Weather Records on 21 July 1957

447 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1957. Highest significance: Hussainabad, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 1957

On 21 July 1957, 447 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 439 daily.
Hussainabad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 215.4 mm (8.5 in) on 21 July 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

447 stations

447 station records on 21 July 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hussainabad	India	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coomandook (Malinong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerakat	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Agathe des Monts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sawai Madhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faith	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daflating	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chhota Kosi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

447 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 21 July 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 439.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

361 broken records

Margins by which the 361 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1957

Top 20 records on 21 July 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1957	Hussainabad, IN	monthly rain	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Lynch, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Umea, SE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Winner, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Warooka, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Willsons River, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Angaston, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Bhabua, IN	daily rain	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Sheopur, IN	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Coomandook (Malinong), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Trousdale 1 NE, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Bruning, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1957	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	38 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 447 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	318
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1