Weather Records on 21 August 1985

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1985. Highest significance: Burra (Poonunda), AU.

Key Facts for 21 August 1985

On 21 August 1985, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 248 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 607 daily.
Burra (Poonunda) set a daily record precipitation of 41.2 mm (1.6 in) on 21 August 1985.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

623 stations

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

Weather records on 21 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridder	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tabou	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Spring Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Cuxtepeques	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fiskavattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blaikliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hjalta_Kraftverk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altamirano (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chalobay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dillingham FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Batamaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 157, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 21 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	157
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 607.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 103.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1985

Top 20 records on 21 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1985	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Bower, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Forse, SE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Port Lincoln, AU	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	95 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Carrieton (Eurelia), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 August 1985	Lexington, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Orroroo (Yalpara), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Ridder, KZ	monthly rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Tabou, CI	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Albemarle, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Houston Spring Branch, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Finca Cuxtepeques, MX	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Avasjo-Borgafjall_D, SE	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Klimpfjall, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low min	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1985	Fiskavattnet, SE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	37 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

1800 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1985. 1985 had 623 records.

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

Records on 08-21 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1804	1
1807	1
1816	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1839	3
1843	1
1847	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	2
1863	1
1866	1
1867	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	2
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1893	4
1894	8
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	4
1901	9
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	4
1906	22
1907	20
1908	13
1909	17
1910	33
1911	19
1912	50
1913	37
1914	24
1915	21
1916	106
1917	101
1918	202
1919	19
1920	59
1921	34
1922	58
1923	111
1924	135
1925	220
1926	227
1927	228
1928	110
1929	234
1930	297
1931	277
1932	264
1933	328
1934	320
1935	318
1936	807
1937	762
1938	239
1939	630
1940	683
1941	180
1942	415
1943	438
1944	346
1945	544
1946	390
1947	954
1948	305
1949	508
1950	958
1951	699
1952	368
1953	331
1954	497
1955	885
1956	701
1957	490
1958	389
1959	704
1960	490
1961	644
1962	469
1963	338
1964	794
1965	455
1966	661
1967	541
1968	1,014
1969	650
1970	373
1971	660
1972	441
1973	438
1974	564
1975	545
1976	756
1977	764
1978	445
1979	778
1980	904
1981	1,015
1982	769
1983	1,407
1984	975
1985	623
1986	1,166
1987	740
1988	889
1989	828
1990	910
1991	828
1992	957
1993	698
1994	968
1995	962
1996	950
1997	1,291
1998	948
1999	717
2000	861
2001	797
2002	965
2003	1,241
2004	1,585
2005	1,071
2006	797
2007	1,829
2008	1,012
2009	1,319
2010	1,155
2011	1,022
2012	990
2013	513
2014	624
2015	651
2016	890
2017	347
2018	816
2019	631
2020	1,147
2021	767
2022	917
2023	1,826
2024	777
2025	1,230
2026	1,289

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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 20	456
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1