Weather Records on 21 May 1985

610 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1985. Highest significance: Bakhmaro, GE.

Key Facts for 21 May 1985

On 21 May 1985, 610 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 133 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 586 daily.
Bakhmaro set a daily record precipitation of 36.7 mm (1.4 in) on 21 May 1985.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

610 stations

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

Weather records on 21 May 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bakhmaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmer (Gemaal Buma)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heeg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dimi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorredijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elias Fausto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mozdok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jataizinho Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boxelder 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piracaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tatui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aschaffenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bet-El	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chohataury	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

610 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 May 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 May 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 164.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1985

Top 20 records on 21 May 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1985	Bakhmaro, GE	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Lemmer (Gemaal Buma), NL	monthly rain	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Chuxiong, CN	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Heeg, NL	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Bamberg, DE	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Brownsville, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Mt Pleasant, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Dimi, GE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Plant City, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Nhill, AU	daily low min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn), MX	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Gorredijk, NL	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Kenton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Kunming, CN	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Elias Fausto, BR	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1985	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	89 years	38 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 610 records.

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

Records on 05-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1811	1
1837	2
1842	1
1847	2
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1865	1
1866	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	1
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	26
1904	8
1905	7
1906	12
1907	36
1908	13
1909	13
1910	14
1911	87
1912	24
1913	13
1914	26
1915	24
1916	13
1917	76
1918	51
1919	170
1920	39
1921	158
1922	39
1923	125
1924	148
1925	250
1926	221
1927	207
1928	173
1929	247
1930	133
1931	488
1932	343
1933	290
1934	590
1935	190
1936	328
1937	227
1938	348
1939	355
1940	456
1941	525
1942	482
1943	463
1944	310
1945	515
1946	324
1947	485
1948	312
1949	593
1950	403
1951	271
1952	385
1953	501
1954	961
1955	507
1956	409
1957	709
1958	511
1959	684
1960	615
1961	306
1962	553
1963	598
1964	788
1965	238
1966	296
1967	1,022
1968	549
1969	832
1970	449
1971	536
1972	557
1973	493
1974	847
1975	1,160
1976	393
1977	756
1978	575
1979	787
1980	857
1981	1,550
1982	599
1983	1,106
1984	950
1985	610
1986	908
1987	1,242
1988	819
1989	671
1990	947
1991	1,065
1992	1,143
1993	1,197
1994	656
1995	749
1996	1,461
1997	953
1998	1,200
1999	544
2000	897
2001	1,187
2002	2,048
2003	807
2004	898
2005	1,020
2006	810
2007	894
2008	740
2009	1,315
2010	962
2011	959
2012	848
2013	884
2014	522
2015	956
2016	567
2017	780
2018	525
2019	1,668
2020	707
2021	1,131
2022	1,512
2023	794
2024	751
2025	776
2026	356

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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	483
25 to 50	36
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1