Weather Records on 14 July 1961

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1961. Highest significance: Durham, GB.

Key Facts for 14 July 1961

On 14 July 1961, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 433 daily.
Durham set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 14 July 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 14 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atru	India	Record daily precipitation	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	199.3 mm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooch Behar	India	Record daily precipitation	296.6 mm (11.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 174.

Records on 14 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 433.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1961

Top 20 records on 14 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1961	Durham, GB	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1961	Hindaun, IN	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Gravette, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Atru, IN	daily rain	236.5 mm (9.3 in)	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Memphis, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Hamilton Fairfield, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Malpura, IN	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Perry, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Eufaula, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Little Falls Mill St, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Dolgeville, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Supply 1 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Durham, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Tufanganj, IN	daily rain	258.8 mm (10.2 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Russellville, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1961	Paliganj, IN	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	40 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 441 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 1961-07-14: 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	303
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1