Weather Records on 22 July 1961

519 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1961. Highest significance: Roby, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1961

On 22 July 1961, 519 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 510 daily.
Roby set a daily record precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 22 July 1961.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

519 stations

519 station records on 22 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Betul(Badnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Youhl Plain Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ranken River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yeola	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Annalara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahbubabad	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dom Mauricio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zira	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colorado City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kharra	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	210.8 mm (8.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miamisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

519 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 286.

Records on 22 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 510.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1961

Top 20 records on 22 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1961	Roby, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Betul(Badnur), IN	daily rain	178.3 mm (7.0 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Camargo (Smn), MX	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Durham, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Youhl Plain Tank, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Brynawe, Paddock, ZA	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Midland 4 ENE, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Ranken River, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Shawnee, US	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Alawoona (Schells Well), AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Yeola, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Florence, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Tiruvarur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Annalara, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1961	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	39 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 519 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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	387
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2