Weather Records on 7 May 1961

442 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 May 1961. Highest significance: Fayetteville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 7 May 1961

On 7 May 1961, 442 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 431 daily.
Fayetteville Exp STN set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 7 May 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

442 stations

442 station records on 7 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gurjala(Gurujala)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurtha	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Funnystone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fisk	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

442 records

Records set or tied on 7 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 7 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 7 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

360 broken records

Margins by which the 360 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 May 1961

Top 20 records on 7 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 May 1961	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 May 1961	Flora 5 NW, US	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Olney 2S, US	monthly rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Harrison, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	St Louis Eads Brg, US	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Greensburg, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Anchorage, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Hamilton Fairfield, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Paliganj, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Magadi, IN	daily rain	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Lead Hill, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	New Burnside, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 May 1961	Irvington, US	monthly rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	38 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

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 442 records.

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

Records on 05-07 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1805	1
1816	1
1825	2
1837	1
1838	1
1844	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	2
1850	2
1852	1
1853	1
1856	3
1857	1
1861	3
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	2
1876	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1894	4
1895	2
1897	5
1898	7
1899	3
1900	10
1901	1
1902	6
1903	13
1904	19
1905	21
1906	15
1907	14
1908	29
1909	15
1910	16
1911	14
1912	14
1913	30
1914	37
1915	40
1916	34
1917	188
1918	60
1919	263
1920	59
1921	41
1922	40
1923	119
1924	141
1925	207
1926	227
1927	191
1928	204
1929	224
1930	637
1931	473
1932	288
1933	291
1934	698
1935	298
1936	466
1937	121
1938	467
1939	194
1940	317
1941	317
1942	270
1943	416
1944	476
1945	751
1946	339
1947	727
1948	338
1949	439
1950	526
1951	226
1952	485
1953	541
1954	481
1955	393
1956	665
1957	546
1958	585
1959	335
1960	899
1961	442
1962	381
1963	825
1964	687
1965	671
1966	762
1967	973
1968	756
1969	678
1970	822
1971	364
1972	515
1973	447
1974	743
1975	784
1976	782
1977	662
1978	925
1979	888
1980	593
1981	710
1982	802
1983	724
1984	1,300
1985	557
1986	1,163
1987	1,115
1988	752
1989	1,880
1990	1,024
1991	599
1992	1,830
1993	831
1994	621
1995	997
1996	880
1997	1,359
1998	1,166
1999	1,008
2000	1,693
2001	743
2002	1,344
2003	1,138
2004	1,397
2005	645
2006	833
2007	1,047
2008	526
2009	735
2010	1,123
2011	558
2012	709
2013	633
2014	646
2015	569
2016	677
2017	543
2018	542
2019	522
2020	577
2021	484
2022	784
2023	667
2024	858
2025	635
2026	715

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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 2026-10-17 (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	314
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1