Weather Records on 21 July 1994

773 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1994. Highest significance: Grenola 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 1994

On 21 July 1994, 773 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 744 daily.
Grenola 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 21 July 1994.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

773 stations

773 station records on 21 July 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore/Bajpe	India	Record daily precipitation	371.1 mm (14.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn City Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Playa Vicente	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barnsdall	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethania	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newald 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Pimienta (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quetzala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Boqueron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mexcala (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hulah Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

773 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 264, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 205.

Records on 21 July 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	264
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	205
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1994 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 20, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

566 broken records

Margins by which the 566 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1994

Top 20 records on 21 July 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1994	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	97 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1994	Sedan, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1994	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1994	La Harpe, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Elgin, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Fredonia, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Colville, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Camdenton 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Springfield, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Elizabethton, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Green Island, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Minonk, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Deeral, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Mangalore/Bajpe, IN	monthly rain	371.1 mm (14.6 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Mtn City Rs, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Walnut 4S, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Playa Vicente, MX	daily rain	174.8 mm (6.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1994	Barnsdall, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	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

1794 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 773 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 1994-07-21: 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	513
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1