Weather Records on 16 July 1961

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 July 1961. Highest significance: Camden 1, US.

Key Facts for 16 July 1961

On 16 July 1961, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 396 daily.
Camden 1 set a daily record precipitation of 143.5 mm (5.6 in) on 16 July 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 16 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	166.3 mm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.6 mm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Niwar(Amehta)	India	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uruapan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rewa	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kattumannarkoil	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Borina	India	Record daily precipitation	236.7 mm (9.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jammu (In-AFB)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amari	India	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klein Australie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Okay	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mamit Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 16 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 214.

Records on 16 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	214
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

345 broken records

Margins by which the 345 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 107.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 July 1961

Top 20 records on 16 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 July 1961	Camden 1, US	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 July 1961	Durham, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Farmerville, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Rosedale, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Unchhera, IN	daily rain	166.3 mm (6.5 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Fulton, US	all-time rain	229.6 mm (9.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Niwar(Amehta), IN	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Cuatro Cienegas (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Uruapan (Smn), MX	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Scott, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Cairo 3N, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Middlekop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Broederstroom (Bos), ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Entabeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Kustanai, KZ	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 July 1961	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 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

1798 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1961. 1961 had 402 records.

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

Records on 07-16 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1808	1
1819	1
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1840	2
1845	1
1852	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1875	2
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1890	5
1891	2
1892	5
1894	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	5
1901	9
1902	2
1903	18
1904	20
1905	4
1906	23
1907	7
1908	21
1909	17
1910	9
1911	24
1912	28
1913	23
1914	53
1915	41
1916	39
1917	90
1918	18
1919	56
1920	46
1921	66
1922	303
1923	180
1924	75
1925	179
1926	295
1927	170
1928	405
1929	192
1930	402
1931	527
1932	446
1933	224
1934	432
1935	284
1936	715
1937	307
1938	213
1939	599
1940	255
1941	363
1942	321
1943	297
1944	193
1945	702
1946	454
1947	568
1948	259
1949	417
1950	542
1951	537
1952	560
1953	366
1954	592
1955	548
1956	417
1957	221
1958	1,270
1959	341
1960	329
1961	402
1962	538
1963	251
1964	341
1965	437
1966	415
1967	1,067
1968	788
1969	702
1970	674
1971	766
1972	641
1973	880
1974	666
1975	742
1976	840
1977	829
1978	1,095
1979	543
1980	1,457
1981	569
1982	985
1983	1,362
1984	937
1985	528
1986	845
1987	916
1988	1,306
1989	1,074
1990	955
1991	627
1992	943
1993	1,053
1994	730
1995	929
1996	739
1997	707
1998	1,051
1999	998
2000	1,207
2001	1,073
2002	1,029
2003	1,492
2004	724
2005	1,023
2006	1,527
2007	1,186
2008	669
2009	839
2010	927
2011	1,221
2012	829
2013	853
2014	1,448
2015	605
2016	706
2017	419
2018	694
2019	476
2020	464
2021	661
2022	538
2023	1,150
2024	938
2025	764
2026	727

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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 20	293
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1