Weather Records on 21 June 2008

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 2008. Highest significance: Eskdalemuir, GB.

Key Facts for 21 June 2008

On 21 June 2008, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 559 daily.
Eskdalemuir set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 21 June 2008.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 21 June 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Threave	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dunbar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Daniel Z Romualdez	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pudino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ruidoso	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa El Giron	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tottori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenlee	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Olivares Mexicanos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Citrus Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
XI Ujimqin Qi	China	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tamazula de Victoria	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perote	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 21 June 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 2008 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 2008

Top 20 records on 21 June 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 2008	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 June 2008	Nattavaara_A, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Threave, GB	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Ronaldsway, GB	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Dunbar, GB	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Canyon, US	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Tecolotlan (Dge), MX	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Jesus del Monte, MX	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Wasco, US	monthly high min	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Berkeley, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Pasadena, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Perote, MX	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Daniel Z Romualdez, PH	daily rain	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Pudino, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	El Paso de Iritu, MX	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Zamboanga, PH	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Paso Robles, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 2008	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	43 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2008. 2008 had 580 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	394
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1