Weather Records on 28 July 1961

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1961. Highest significance: 1 N McLeansboro, US.

Key Facts for 28 July 1961

On 28 July 1961, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 350 daily.
1 N McLeansboro set a daily record precipitation of 121.4 mm (4.8 in) on 28 July 1961.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 28 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Joe Rich Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tulabada	India	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Annavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carmi 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carlyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 233.

Records on 28 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1961

Top 20 records on 28 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1961	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 July 1961	Harlan, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Lake Louise, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	New Burnside, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	O'Neill, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Quilandi, IN	monthly rain	248.9 mm (9.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Sugartown, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Bothithong"Bothitho(Pol)", ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Safford, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1961	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1961	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1961	Cumbam, IN	monthly rain	113.7 mm (4.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1961	Chingleput, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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

1815 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1961. 1961 had 357 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1961-07-28: 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	277
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1