Weather Records on 21 August 1995

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 August 1995. Highest significance: Clemson UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 21 August 1995

On 21 August 1995, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
635 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 919 daily.
Clemson UNIV set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 21 August 1995.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

962 stations

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

Weather records on 21 August 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matilde (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Childersburg Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Douglasville 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kitoi Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Socorro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jocotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quaggasdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malpaso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Solis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agata	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atilio Vivacqua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agedabia	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tepexpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 21 August 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 21 August 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 August 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 919.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 August 1995

Top 20 records on 21 August 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 August 1995	Clemson UNIV, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Bartlett Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Fazenda Monte Alegre (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Laguna del Fresno, MX	all-time rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Matilde (Dnos), BR	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Kolguev Severnyi, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Talbotton, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Twin Lakes Rsvr, US	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Owensboro 3ENE, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Southport 5 N, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Los Limones (Cfe), MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Nashville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Fulton 3 W, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Lincang, CN	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Childersburg Wtp, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Benton, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Hammond, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Woodbury, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 August 1995	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	40 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

1800 to 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1995. 1995 had 962 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 21 August 1995
Margin	Records
0 to 10	649
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1