Weather Records on 21 June 1971

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1971. Highest significance: Gabriels, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 1971

On 21 June 1971, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 389 daily.
Gabriels set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 21 June 1971.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 21 June 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Groznyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quixeramobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zugdidi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhmaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frolovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borzomi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ermakovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oni	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikorcminda	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Barker 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S. Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Palmito	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 June 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 June 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1971

Top 20 records on 21 June 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1971	Gabriels, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1971	Groznyj, RU	daily rain	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Quixeramobim, BR	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Colgate, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Pianco, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	all-time rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Fredericton Cda, CA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Dannemora, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Zugdidi, GE	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Norfolk, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Putnam, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Fulton, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Vazantes, BR	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo), BR	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Bakhmaro, GE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Frolovo, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1971	Oswego, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	40 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

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 394 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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	258
10 to 20	40
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1