Weather Records on 21 July 1982

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1982. Highest significance: Bad Ems, DE.

Key Facts for 21 July 1982

On 21 July 1982, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 568 daily.
Bad Ems set an all-time record daily precipitation of 112.6 mm (4.4 in) on 21 July 1982.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 21 July 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Nantes-Bouguenais	France	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kipling	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl River Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Sur	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuencame	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Alotepec	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koblenz-Horchheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nurburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Asahikawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tonala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 106, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 116, Heaviest daily rainfall 171.

Records on 21 July 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	106
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	116
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1982 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 11, daily 568.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

453 broken records

Margins by which the 453 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1982

Top 20 records on 21 July 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1982	Bad Ems, DE	all-time rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	69 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1982	Nantes-Bouguenais, FR	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Mondovi, US	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Adams 7 SSW, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Rugby, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Huntingdon, CA	daily low min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Orly, FR	monthly rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Beechy, CA	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Turgaj, KZ	daily high min	26.5 C (79.7 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Guadalajara (Dge), MX	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Fairview, CA	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Kipling, CA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Amity 4 NE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Laverton Raaf, AU	all-time low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Albion, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Pearl River Lock 1, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Luiz Correia, BR	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Walden, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1982	Everett, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	36 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 588 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 2026-10-13 (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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 July 1982
Margin	Records
0 to 10	381
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	7