Weather Records on 21 July 2016

645 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 2016. Highest significance: Sholapur, IN.

Key Facts for 21 July 2016

On 21 July 2016, 645 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
469 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 612 daily.
Sholapur set a daily record precipitation of 105.9 mm (4.2 in) on 21 July 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

645 stations

645 station records on 21 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oosterhout	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Losinoborskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gieterveen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arvaiheer	Mongolia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Langebaan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chaam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ginneken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilze-Rijen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Capelle (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Venray	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sortavala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eext	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljuban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Williamtown Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King Salmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Roscommon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ijsselsteyn (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

645 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 180, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 21 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	180
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 25, daily 612.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

465 broken records

Margins by which the 465 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 2016

Top 20 records on 21 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 2016	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2016	Oosterhout, NL	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2016	Losinoborskoe, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2016	Gieterveen, NL	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 July 2016	Ostrov Golomjannyj, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Hersdorf-Weissenseifen, DE	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Alton - Melvin Price L&D, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Rockford 3 ESE, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Arvaiheer, MN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Langebaan, ZA	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Chaam, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Ostrov Vize, RU	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Ginneken, NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Kyancutta, AU	daily high max	26.5 C (79.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld, BM	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Luxembourg Airport, LU	monthly rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Gilze-Rijen_1, NL	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Solomons, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	116 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Bad Hersfeld, DE	all-time rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 2016	Capelle (Nb), NL	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	5 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

1794 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2016. 2016 had 645 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 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	420
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1