Weather Records on 23 July 2021

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 2021. Highest significance: Saint Johns, US.

Key Facts for 23 July 2021

On 23 July 2021, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
295 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 480 daily.
Saint Johns set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 23 July 2021.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 23 July 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bernardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chandbali	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Isit	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Connaught	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ivdel	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Horse Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Show Low AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Srednekan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tommot	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berthoud Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
White River #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nejran	Saudi Arabia	Record low maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Asu	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dead Camel Mountain Nevada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Junction 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coronado Trail	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culebra #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maverick Fork	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 203, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 July 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	203
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 2021 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

404 broken records

Margins by which the 404 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 2021

Top 20 records on 23 July 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 2021	Saint Johns, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2021	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2021	Nizamabad, IN	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 2021	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Potchefstroom, ZA	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Kolhapur, IN	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Red Rvr, US	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Grand Rapids, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Cairo 1SW, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Ruth, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Bernardo, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Kamas, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Chandbali, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Headland, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Isit, RU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 2021	Connaught, IE	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	47 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2021. 2021 had 506 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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Data for records on 2021-07-23: 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	384
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2