Weather Records on 15 July 2021

674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 2021. Highest significance: Clay Ctr, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 2021

On 15 July 2021, 674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 649 daily.
Clay Ctr set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 15 July 2021.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

674 stations

674 station records on 15 July 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tuttle Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
White City	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Umalta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ochey	France	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Andoya	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barberey	France	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sortland-Kleiva	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Magdagaci	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Attunga (Tarana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nha Trang	Vietnam	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pojarkovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irtyshsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad Flygflottilj	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cekunda	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elblag-Milejewo	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bramon	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

674 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 159, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 187.

Records on 15 July 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	159
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 2021 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 18, daily 649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

600 broken records

Margins by which the 600 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 2021

Top 20 records on 15 July 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 2021	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	98 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Viroqua, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	121 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Trujillo Alto 2 SSW, PR	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Waupaca, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	121 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Manhattan, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	114 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Tuttle Creek Lake, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	White City, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Wakefield 4 W, US	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	42 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Abilene, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	121 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 July 2021	Lop Buri, TH	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Ust-Umalta, RU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Manitowoc, US	monthly rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Ochey, FR	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Andoya, NO	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Barberey, FR	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Sortland-Kleiva, NO	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 2021	Ames 5 SE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	49 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

1793 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 674 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-07-15: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	568
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1