Weather Records on 28 July 2021

831 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 2021. Highest significance: Ada, SE.

Key Facts for 28 July 2021

On 28 July 2021, 831 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
655 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 801 daily.
Ada set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 28 July 2021.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

831 stations

831 station records on 28 July 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cressy Research Station (Main	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kinloss	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pechora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perrine 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aldergrove	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crestview FAA/AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bison Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trident	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lessebo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tasan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agzu	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula Wildlife Ref	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hewinta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

831 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 249, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 406, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 110.

Records on 28 July 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	249
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	406
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 2021 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 19, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

663 broken records

Margins by which the 663 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 2021

Top 20 records on 28 July 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 2021	Ada, SE	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2021	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	124 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 July 2021	Cressy Research Station (Main, AU	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Kinloss, GB	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Adel, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Pechora, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Hat Creek, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Perrine 4W, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Evanston 1 E, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Aldergrove, GB	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Crestview FAA/AP, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Araluen, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Mineral, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Quincy, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Shoshone, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Plant City, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Big Timber, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 2021	Lynch, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	43 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

1815 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2021. 2021 had 831 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-07-28: 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 10	626
10 to 20	17
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2