Weather Records on 21 June 1974

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1974. Highest significance: Areia Branca, BR.

Key Facts for 21 June 1974

On 21 June 1974, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
343 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 586 daily.
Areia Branca set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 21 June 1974.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 21 June 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middlebourne 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nopalapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uzur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Formoso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 June 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 June 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1974

Top 20 records on 21 June 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1974	Areia Branca, BR	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Fairmont, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Minatitlan, MX	monthly rain	226.6 mm (8.9 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Jakutsk, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Rangely 1E, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Bellevue L/D 12, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Elkader 6 SSW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Batavia, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Fulton L&D #13, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Sidney, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Fayette, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Batamaj, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Waukon 3NNE, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Haxby 18 SW, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Janesville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Chapala, MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1974	Dubuque L&D 11, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	39 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1974. 1974 had 598 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 100	467
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1