Weather Records on 21 May 1961

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1961. Highest significance: Vengurla, IN.

Key Facts for 21 May 1961

On 21 May 1961, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 289 daily.
Vengurla set a monthly record daily precipitation of 271.0 mm (10.7 in) on 21 May 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 21 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vengurla	India	Record daily precipitation	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Siddapur	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sitamarhi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ahmadnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kudal	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Phaltan	India	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekaram	India	Record daily precipitation	176.2 mm (6.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kalchini	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Real Do Colegio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland House	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Isseka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 21 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 289.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1961

Top 20 records on 21 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1961	Vengurla, IN	monthly rain	271.0 mm (10.7 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Independencia, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Jalna, IN	monthly rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Ravenna, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Siddapur, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Cambridge, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Sitamarhi Sr, IN	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Mundagod, IN	all-time rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Shujalpur, IN	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Devgad, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Ft Morgan, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Ankola, IN	monthly rain	249.9 mm (9.8 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Ahmadnagar, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Blackwell 1 W, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Stratford, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Kudal, IN	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1961	Phaltan, IN	monthly rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1961	Nelson, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 May 1961	Tenindewa Bindu, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	33 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 306 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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	240
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1