Weather Records on 21 July 2008

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2008. Highest significance: Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU.

Key Facts for 21 July 2008

On 21 July 2008, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 945 daily.
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 21 July 2008.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

989 stations

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

Weather records on 21 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ortrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbul (Keiraville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nanchong	China	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alajarvi Lippo	Finland	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robacksdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mustasaari Valassaaret	Finland	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerheden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isojoki Karjenkoski	Finland	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glommerstrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gronliden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rusksele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khancoban Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ylistaro Jaaskanjoki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Persberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jesus del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kauhajoki Nummijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mustasaari Riimala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cochiti Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kauhajoki Kaupunki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saittarova_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alvsbyn_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nattavaara_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jorn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 155, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 428.

Records on 21 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	155
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 37, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

756 broken records

Margins by which the 756 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2008

Top 20 records on 21 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2008	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2008	Chain of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2008	Pitea, SE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	125 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2008	Ortrask, SE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Tombstone, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Whitefish Pt, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Northfield, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	102 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Tubbul (Keiraville), AU	monthly rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Waterville Trtmt Plt, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Nanchong, CN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	York Pond, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Alajarvi Lippo, FI	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Robacksdalen, SE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Mustasaari Valassaaret, FI	all-time rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Vannas, SE	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Fagerheden, SE	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Isojoki Karjenkoski, FI	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2008	Union Village Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	51 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 989 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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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	718
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1