Weather Records on 21 April 1965

658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1965. Highest significance: Dharmsala Lower, IN.

Key Facts for 21 April 1965

On 21 April 1965, 658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 618 daily.
Dharmsala Lower set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 21 April 1965.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

658 stations

658 station records on 21 April 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	182.3 mm (7.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monsenhor Tabosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ipueiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnack Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itapipoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lefroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho (Bowsden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Periyanaickampal	India	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes (Itaretama)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anakapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.8 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

658 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 298, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 21 April 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	298
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 21 April 1965 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 35, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1965

Top 20 records on 21 April 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1965	Dharmsala Lower, IN	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1965	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1965	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Angicos, BR	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Saude, BR	all-time rain	182.3 mm (7.2 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Monsenhor Tabosa, BR	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Ipueiras, BR	all-time rain	136.2 mm (5.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Kamsack, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Tunnack Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Ormley, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	Kingston, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1965	The Valley, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	43 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

1793 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 658 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

Download the Data

Data for records on 1965-04-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	441
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	3