Portugal Weather Records in 2021

181 weather records set or tied in Portugal in 2021, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Portugal in 2021

181 weather records were set or tied in Portugal in 2021.
147 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
370 records set in 2021 still stand in Portugal.

Records per Year, by Type

2021 outlined

Records set or tied in Portugal each year from 1931 to 2026, stacked by type. 2021 had 181.

Weather records per year in Portugal, stacked by type, 2021 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1931	9	12	9	12	0	42
1932	8	11	11	15	0	45
1933	26	21	9	48	0	104
1934	38	21	11	43	0	113
1935	28	19	6	77	0	130
1936	19	15	21	37	0	92
1937	18	11	14	11	0	54
1938	40	8	18	22	0	88
1939	16	12	12	17	0	57
1940	20	12	24	18	0	74
1941	31	19	12	27	0	89
1942	36	6	14	17	0	73
1943	40	5	24	11	0	80
1944	77	10	21	27	0	135
1945	97	8	38	15	0	158
1946	31	7	9	17	0	64
1947	64	3	25	19	0	111
1948	109	4	22	6	0	141
1949	55	3	25	5	0	88
1950	24	3	11	10	0	48
1951	14	4	6	22	0	46
1952	8	5	8	26	0	47
1953	26	1	12	16	0	55
1954	17	12	11	34	0	74
1955	19	1	32	14	0	66
1956	5	19	3	53	0	80
1957	8	6	10	22	0	46
1958	13	6	17	27	0	63
1959	10	3	8	0	0	21
1960	15	2	12	14	0	43
1961	27	1	19	5	0	52
1962	12	7	8	13	16	56
1963	15	3	12	18	34	82
1964	19	5	12	14	18	68
1965	10	3	7	16	15	51
1966	6	2	19	14	35	76
1967	3	4	7	17	6	37
1968	12	2	11	9	18	52
1969	4	7	9	14	18	52
1970	30	6	11	18	16	81
1971	38	91	18	66	108	321
1972	16	91	20	75	92	294
1973	17	40	20	30	92	199
1974	35	63	44	65	70	277
1975	23	32	24	58	51	188
1976	47	35	16	28	95	221
1977	43	54	37	59	96	289
1978	46	45	58	30	86	265
1979	35	50	42	22	81	230
1980	45	29	52	50	58	234
1981	89	17	81	25	68	280
1982	30	13	44	19	60	166
1983	51	34	71	42	77	275
1984	10	49	20	49	70	198
1985	37	16	63	44	71	231
1986	15	49	18	38	62	182
1987	48	34	86	17	102	287
1988	37	26	57	14	72	206
1989	62	12	81	18	103	276
1990	59	13	46	10	59	187
1991	69	18	45	23	94	249
1992	62	39	37	25	98	261
1993	23	31	36	39	137	266
1994	73	23	50	28	98	272
1995	100	11	134	18	88	351
1996	43	14	34	17	109	217
1997	83	6	75	7	100	271
1998	59	10	38	13	45	165
1999	43	16	25	12	62	158
2000	37	13	32	19	61	162
2001	42	21	58	27	93	241
2002	70	33	40	15	43	201
2003	137	35	119	21	51	363
2004	117	22	111	23	39	312
2005	68	40	61	53	21	243
2006	98	27	103	21	46	295
2007	72	20	76	22	25	215
2008	94	30	82	35	31	272
2009	117	29	90	23	27	286
2010	89	25	107	24	37	282
2011	114	47	100	26	30	317
2012	151	35	95	26	14	321
2013	95	42	54	32	17	240
2014	88	40	48	30	15	221
2015	47	13	73	16	12	161
2016	14	2	74	14	18	122
2017	15	1	99	15	12	142
2018	14	9	84	10	33	150
2019	8	2	72	18	19	119
2020	11	3	107	21	32	174
2021	61	3	86	9	22	181
2022	90	9	68	15	29	211
2023	5	0	108	1	7	121
2024	0	0	103	0	5	108
2025	3	5	44	0	14	66
2026	12	4	35	0	13	64

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Portugal: 1930s 0.8 to 1, 1940s 3.2 to 1, 1950s 0.9 to 1, 1960s 1.4 to 1, 1970s 0.6 to 1, 1980s 1.7 to 1, 1990s 3.1 to 1, 2000s 3.1 to 1, 2010s 3.4 to 1, 2020s 9.9 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Portugal, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1930s	0.76 to 1
1940s	3.23 to 1
1950s	0.92 to 1
1960s	1.40 to 1
1970s	0.64 to 1
1980s	1.69 to 1
1990s	3.06 to 1
2000s	3.10 to 1
2010s	3.39 to 1
2020s	9.92 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2021: 370

Records still standing in Portugal by the year they were set. 370 of them were set in 2021.

Standing records in Portugal by the year they were set, 2021 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1901	40
1902	19
1903	29
1904	18
1905	32
1906	23
1907	30
1908	22
1909	21
1910	19
1911	34
1912	54
1913	33
1914	17
1915	18
1916	8
1917	38
1918	11
1919	25
1920	12
1921	14
1922	27
1923	15
1924	10
1925	29
1926	37
1927	8
1928	21
1929	21
1930	19
1931	24
1932	25
1933	32
1934	50
1935	36
1936	49
1937	33
1938	13
1939	32
1940	33
1941	251
1942	133
1943	159
1944	163
1945	157
1946	129
1947	155
1948	169
1949	890
1950	163
1951	148
1952	170
1953	149
1954	224
1955	218
1956	266
1957	148
1958	228
1959	163
1960	258
1961	253
1962	212
1963	274
1964	265
1965	257
1966	259
1967	195
1968	179
1969	249
1970	304
1971	278
1972	243
1973	686
1974	864
1975	446
1976	506
1977	555
1978	541
1979	507
1980	459
1981	536
1982	410
1983	576
1984	405
1985	544
1986	471
1987	599
1988	397
1989	421
1990	346
1991	422
1992	389
1993	347
1994	363
1995	443
1996	372
1997	565
1998	545
1999	543
2000	495
2001	512
2002	470
2003	542
2004	441
2005	349
2006	408
2007	371
2008	456
2009	477
2010	503
2011	507
2012	512
2013	388
2014	410
2015	373
2016	255
2017	378
2018	410
2019	301
2020	333
2021	370
2022	372
2023	134
2024	119
2025	425
2026	204

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).