Weather Records on 21 July 1965

748 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1965. Highest significance: Acland Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 21 July 1965

On 21 July 1965, 748 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 375 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 713 daily.
Acland Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 114.8 mm (4.5 in) on 21 July 1965.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

748 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tasgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.7 mm (9.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolesha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Warrabah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Petrun	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Passchendaele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Girard State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodenbong (Unumgar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queen Mary Falls	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Western Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Max	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

748 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 222, Heaviest daily rainfall 331.

Records on 21 July 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	222
Heaviest daily rainfall	331
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 218.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1965

Top 20 records on 21 July 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1965	Acland Post Office, AU	monthly rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	176.6 mm (7.0 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1965	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Mt Brisbane, AU	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Tasgaon, IN	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	248.7 mm (9.8 in)	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Belah Park, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Melva, AU	monthly rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Gnaraloo, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Eagles Nest, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1965	Coolesha, AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	50 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1965. 1965 had 748 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1965-07-21: 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 2026-10-13 (13 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 50	569
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1