Weather Records on 1 July 1961

370 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1961. Highest significance: Pennyroyal Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 1 July 1961

On 1 July 1961, 370 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 356 daily.
Pennyroyal Creek set a daily record precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 1 July 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

370 stations

370 station records on 1 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chickmagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Illabo (Clock Museum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marayur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kallatty	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karwar	India	Record daily precipitation	223.6 mm (8.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dutson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

370 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 269.

Records on 1 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1961

Top 20 records on 1 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1961	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1961	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1961	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Augustine 2E, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Genoa, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Honohina 137, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	La Harpe, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Mexico, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Chickmagalur, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Chaska, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Illabo (Clock Museum), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Rosedale, AU	monthly rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	Marayur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1961	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	44 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 370 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,151
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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Data for records on 1961-07-01: 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 20	260
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2