Weather Records on 21 July 2002

990 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2002. Highest significance: Ada, SE.

Key Facts for 21 July 2002

On 21 July 2002, 990 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
568 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 26 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 929 daily.
Ada set an all-time record daily precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 21 July 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

990 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Frandesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ahuacatlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gnesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sanne	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saffle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wiad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Norrkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Louisefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jingdezhen	China	Record daily precipitation	143.1 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tancochapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grindsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Telningsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tjarnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orimattila Kakela	Finland	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tonstad - Nettfed	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lysekil_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skovde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sater_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cross Village 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsborg_Mo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallstaberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brande-Hornerkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chilapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leona Vicario	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorkelangen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Motala	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg/Elbe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

990 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 371, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 21 July 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	371
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2002 by timescale: all-time 26, monthly 35, daily 929.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2002

Top 20 records on 21 July 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2002	Ada, SE	all-time rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2002	Frandesta, SE	all-time rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2002	Ahuacatlan, MX	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2002	Gnesta, SE	all-time rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2002	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2002	Rucker Canyon, US	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Sanne, SE	monthly rain	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Saffle, SE	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Munsingen-Apfelstetten, DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Wiad, SE	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Orebro, SE	all-time rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Norrkoping, SE	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Louisefred, SE	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Nidingen A, SE	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Traneberg, SE	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Conway, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Varberg, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Jingdezhen, CN	daily rain	143.1 mm (5.6 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2002	Cambridge, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	95 years	50 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 990 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 2002-07-21: 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 2026-10-12 (12 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	725
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1