Weather Records on 21 May 1995

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 May 1995. Highest significance: Hovlandsdal, NO.

Key Facts for 21 May 1995

On 21 May 1995, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 718 daily.
Hovlandsdal set a daily record snow depth of 11.0 cm (4.3 in) on 21 May 1995.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

749 stations

749 station records on 21 May 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 May 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecitos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lurnea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maliye_Karmakuly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thangool Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moonmera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pabellon Campo Experimental	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoslobodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teddington Waterworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cortazar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jambin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watalgan Winfield Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moolboolaman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Boqueron	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Culcragie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 21 May 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 89, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 21 May 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	89
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 21 May 1995 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 27, daily 718.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

582 broken records

Margins by which the 582 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 May 1995

Top 20 records on 21 May 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 May 1995	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 May 1995	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Vallecitos, MX	monthly rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Bingera Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall), IE	all-time rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Snake Rvr, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Howard Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Malin Head, IE	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Neutla, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Mungar Junction, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Wallaville- Mill Street, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 May 1995	Lurnea, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1995. 1995 had 749 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 50	557
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2