Weather Records on 8 July 1961

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1961. Highest significance: Kimball 2NE, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1961

On 8 July 1961, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 346 daily.
Kimball 2NE set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 8 July 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 8 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ordway 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tajshet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bilaspur	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koath	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mohpani	India	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 119.

Records on 8 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 346.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1961

Top 20 records on 8 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1961	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	60 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1961	Ogallala, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Oshkosh, US	all-time rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Bezeck, RU	all-time rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Ordway 4 W, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Tajshet, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Arwal, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Bilaspur, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Adhoura, IN	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Williamson, US	monthly low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Plains, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1961	Lyman, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1961	Genoa, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1961	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1961	Koath, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1961	Grenfell, CA	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 July 1961	Raigarh, IN	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 356 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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 10	207
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1