Weather Records on 21 July 2014

762 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2014. Highest significance: Kukuiula 935, US.

Key Facts for 21 July 2014

On 21 July 2014, 762 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
370 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 735 daily.
Kukuiula 935 set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 21 July 2014.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

762 stations

762 station records on 21 July 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Orangeburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Waiehu Camp 484	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boxtel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oirschot	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sumiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamakuapoko 485	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merklingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Verhnij Ufalej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Someren	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

762 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 227, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 21 July 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	227
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2014 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2014

Top 20 records on 21 July 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2014	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	95 years	70 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Nalcik, RU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Orangeburg 2, US	monthly rain	205.0 mm (8.1 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Koloa Mauka 994, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Waiehu Camp 484, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Helmond, NL	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	129 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Weihenstephan-Durnast, DE	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2014	Balasore, IN	daily rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	145.1 mm (5.7 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Mallersdorf/Niederbayern, DE	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Stotten, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Boxtel, NL	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten, DE	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Wahiawa 930, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2014	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 762 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 2026-10-14 (14 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	586
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1