Weather Records on 21 June 2002

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 2002. Highest significance: Hancock Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 2002

On 21 June 2002, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 789 daily.
Hancock Exp Farm set an all-time record daily precipitation of 239.5 mm (9.4 in) on 21 June 2002.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 21 June 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	239.5 mm (9.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kuru Lansi-Aure	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orivesi Yliskyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Otog Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yaquintela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ugut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Joutsa Mieskonmaki Saynatniemi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vichinchijol	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yinchuan	China	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huittinen Sallila	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Olivo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Fiscal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	34.8 C (94.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miami WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aanekoski Keskusta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laukaa Aijala Hyyppaanmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vesta	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jamsa Halli Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tajgonos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magadan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivans Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juupajoki Hyytiala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arellano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encarnacion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karvia Alkkia	Finland	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 224.

Records on 21 June 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 35, daily 789.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 2002

Top 20 records on 21 June 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 2002	Hancock Exp Farm, US	all-time rain	239.5 mm (9.4 in)	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	4 years	71 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2002	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	102 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2002	Jemez Springs, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2002	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2002	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Wien, AT	monthly high min	23.7 C (74.7 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	136 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Middleburg, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Kuru Lansi-Aure, FI	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Orivesi Yliskyla, FI	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Otog Qi, CN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Yaquintela, MX	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Manchester 4 W, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Jyvaskyla Lentoasema, FI	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Ugut, RU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Tiree, GB	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2002	Brunswick, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	105 years	45 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 828 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	614
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1