Weather Records on 21 June 1996

1,075 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1996. Highest significance: Srinagar, IN.

Key Facts for 21 June 1996

On 21 June 1996, 1,075 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
520 were record highs and 267 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,051 daily.
Srinagar set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 21 June 1996.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

1,075 stations

1,075 station records on 21 June 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mata de Limones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Briggsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Birsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Temilpa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Multia Vehkoo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bangassou	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	38.4 C (101.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holstein	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petajavesi Kuivasmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalcomulco (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Troickij Priisk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soderkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ylistaro Jaaskanjoki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Payerne	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,075 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 247, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 288.

Records on 21 June 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	247
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1996 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 1,051.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

831 broken records

Margins by which the 831 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 June 1996

Top 20 records on 21 June 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1996	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1996	Satna, IN	daily rain	218.7 mm (8.6 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	79 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1996	Kainaliu 73.2, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Denison, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Nanping, CN	daily rain	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Telchaquillo, MX	daily high min	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Mata de Limones, MX	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	McCracken, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Briggsdale, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Ratece-Planica, SI	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Sioux City Perry Creek, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Bison 3NW, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	David City 4E, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Valparaiso, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1996	Caniambo, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	39 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

1802 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1996. 1996 had 1,075 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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	798
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1