Weather Records on 21 April 1985

1,245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1985. Highest significance: Klein Australie (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 21 April 1985

On 21 April 1985, 1,245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
835 were record highs and 174 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,192 daily.
Klein Australie (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 21 April 1985.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,245 stations

1,245 station records on 21 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tel Aviv Reading	Israel	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pyramid	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Har Kenaan	Israel	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shovi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mooramin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,245 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 468, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 367, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 21 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	468
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	367
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 21 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 1,192.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

973 broken records

Margins by which the 973 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1985

Top 20 records on 21 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1985	Klein Australie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1985	Palisade, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Rico, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Rico, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Flagstaff AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Dolores, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Algona, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Tel Aviv Reading, IL	monthly rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Mt Ayr, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Cuero, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal", ZA	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Toledo 3N, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	83 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Betatakin, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1985	Pyramid, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	62 years	41 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

1793 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1985. 1985 had 1,245 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	932
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1