Weather Records on 26 July 1961

456 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 July 1961. Highest significance: Henichesk, UA.

Key Facts for 26 July 1961

On 26 July 1961, 456 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 436 daily.
Henichesk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.4 mm (4.5 in) on 26 July 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

456 stations

456 station records on 26 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eagles Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coominya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Manchester	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hingoli	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coalstoun Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tara Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

456 records

Records set or tied on 26 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 346.

Records on 26 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 436.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

409 broken records

Margins by which the 409 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 July 1961

Top 20 records on 26 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 1961	Henichesk, UA	all-time rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Eagles Nest, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Blackbutt Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Newburyport, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 July 1961	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Parbhani, IN	daily rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	89.3 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Esk Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Murarrie Road Csiro, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Deaver, US	all-time rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Mundoolin, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Toogoolawah Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 July 1961	Wolston Park Hospital, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 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

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 456 records.

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

Records on 07-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1820	1
1832	3
1834	1
1838	2
1843	4
1846	2
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	3
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1872	4
1875	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1892	1
1895	4
1897	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	2
1904	20
1905	5
1906	9
1907	16
1908	9
1909	21
1910	11
1911	63
1912	24
1913	15
1914	28
1915	24
1916	64
1917	64
1918	88
1919	73
1920	87
1921	73
1922	94
1923	74
1924	98
1925	194
1926	119
1927	46
1928	219
1929	227
1930	678
1931	492
1932	134
1933	513
1934	516
1935	258
1936	1,266
1937	424
1938	269
1939	307
1940	707
1941	434
1942	236
1943	275
1944	457
1945	389
1946	458
1947	410
1948	342
1949	419
1950	618
1951	234
1952	418
1953	355
1954	393
1955	551
1956	353
1957	343
1958	311
1959	379
1960	391
1961	456
1962	947
1963	517
1964	344
1965	384
1966	418
1967	292
1968	340
1969	509
1970	385
1971	932
1972	679
1973	797
1974	465
1975	570
1976	801
1977	958
1978	505
1979	1,061
1980	591
1981	1,109
1982	558
1983	1,320
1984	1,001
1985	898
1986	813
1987	1,260
1988	932
1989	1,053
1990	936
1991	816
1992	648
1993	1,403
1994	1,252
1995	1,167
1996	1,104
1997	964
1998	1,312
1999	1,007
2000	1,287
2001	1,278
2002	773
2003	1,179
2004	1,534
2005	1,461
2006	1,454
2007	951
2008	809
2009	720
2010	1,465
2011	919
2012	885
2013	640
2014	726
2015	589
2016	666
2017	642
2018	921
2019	939
2020	653
2021	912
2022	894
2023	789
2024	758
2025	1,119
2026	1,272

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Data for records on 1961-07-26: 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	308
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	33
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1