Weather Records on 21 July 1985

554 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1985. Highest significance: Nelson, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1985

On 21 July 1985, 554 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 534 daily.
Nelson set a daily record precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 21 July 1985.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

554 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirwin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vaernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bonanza	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zverinogolovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wonganoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baksjonaset	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jarpstrommen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mertzon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Sabaneta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fyodorov Sovkhoz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laxbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Udabno (Mount)	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chanchichimila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troy 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

554 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 265.

Records on 21 July 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1985 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

446 broken records

Margins by which the 446 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1985

Top 20 records on 21 July 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1985	Nelson, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1985	Aunet, NO	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1985	Mina, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1985	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Kirwin Dam, US	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Vaernes, NO	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Hardy, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Bonanza, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Zverinogolovskaja, RU	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Hiawatha, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Wonganoo, AU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Placerville 3SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Turka, UA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Orland, NO	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Baksjonaset, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1985	Milford, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	42 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1985. 1985 had 554 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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Data for records on 1985-07-21: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	401
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2