Weather Records on 7 August 2021

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 2021. Highest significance: Pretty Rock, US.

Key Facts for 7 August 2021

On 7 August 2021, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 388 daily.
Pretty Rock set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 7 August 2021.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 7 August 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Malham Tarn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalnerechensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brovallen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Masljanino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Preston: Moor Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lijing	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vittinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bigfork 13 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
King Hussein	Jordan	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinh	Vietnam	Record high minimum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mariefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanger	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Glacier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corum	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rumoi	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hoglekardalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onahama	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guilin	China	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedesunda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandersville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 136, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 7 August 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	136
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 2021 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 6, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 2021

Top 20 records on 7 August 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 2021	Pretty Rock, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 August 2021	Malham Tarn, GB	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Dalnerechensk, RU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Uppsala_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Hofors, SE	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Medora, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Batesburg, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Wiseman, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	La Crosse Muni AP, US	all-time rain	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Albany, AU	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Saluda, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Elk, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Saim, RU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Sveg, SE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Malmagen, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Guna, IN	daily rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 2021	Brovallen, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	39 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

1808 to 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2021. 2021 had 397 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-08-07: 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	275
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1