Weather Records on 9 July 1961

564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1961. Highest significance: Sasvad, IN.

Key Facts for 9 July 1961

On 9 July 1961, 564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 274 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 550 daily.
Sasvad set a daily record precipitation of 64.6 mm (2.5 in) on 9 July 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

564 stations

564 station records on 9 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sasvad	India	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	161.4 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jeoli Jansath	India	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirbyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koonmarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niwas	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soraon	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meerut Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chhibramau	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jarauda	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biswan	India	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Wier	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lachmangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ghansore	India	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Saba	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

564 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 190.

Records on 9 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 550.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1961

Top 20 records on 9 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1961	Sasvad, IN	daily rain	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	161.4 mm (6.4 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Rupar, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Albany, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Putnam, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Eastland, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Jeoli Jansath, IN	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Kirbyville, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Vega 2NW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Kholapur, IN	monthly rain	157.3 mm (6.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Mandla, IN	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Leesville, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Salimpur, IN	daily rain	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1961	Kennebec, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	37 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 564 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	331
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1