Weather Records on 21 July 1976

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1976. Highest significance: Nebitdag, TM.

Key Facts for 21 July 1976

On 21 July 1976, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 465 daily.
Nebitdag set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 21 July 1976.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 21 July 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nebitdag	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Djavary	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Virtsu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turkmen-Bashi	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gowanda Correctional	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iqaluit A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davidson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rye	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 21 July 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1976 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

392 broken records

Margins by which the 392 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1976

Top 20 records on 21 July 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1976	Nebitdag, TM	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1976	Upton, US	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Djavary, GE	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Virtsu, EE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Dwingelo, NL	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Luroy, NO	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Joliet Brandon Road Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Fredonia, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Montezuma 1 W, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Osceola, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Montpelier, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Three Rivers, US	all-time rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	89 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1976	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 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

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 477 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

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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	361
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1