Weather Records on 21 June 1961

956 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1961. Highest significance: La Grange 1N, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 1961

On 21 June 1961, 956 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
240 were record highs and 437 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 921 daily.
La Grange 1N set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 21 June 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

956 stations

956 station records on 21 June 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Caryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gastonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sira	India	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

956 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 235, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 202, Heaviest daily rainfall 279.

Records on 21 June 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	235
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	202
Heaviest daily rainfall	279
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1961 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 28, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1961

Top 20 records on 21 June 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1961	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1961	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1961	Copperhill, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Marion, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Tryon, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Gainesville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Caesars Head, US	monthly rain	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	153.6 mm (6.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Caryville, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Newton, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Auburn, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Coffee Springs 2 NW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Geneva, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Troy, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Walhalla, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	St Fereol, CA	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Macon, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1961	Matehuala (Smn), MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	45 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

1802 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1961. 1961 had 956 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	677
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1