Weather Records on 30 July 1961

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 July 1961. Highest significance: Bisauli, IN.

Key Facts for 30 July 1961

On 30 July 1961, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 472 daily.
Bisauli set an all-time record daily precipitation of 409.7 mm (16.1 in) on 30 July 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

511 stations

511 station records on 30 July 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 July 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bisauli	India	Record daily precipitation	409.7 mm (16.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Panipat	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cypherfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harderug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	172.1 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anupshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	266.9 mm (10.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gavilan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dassieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Frazer	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dataganj	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yellavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Lock E30	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dadahor	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mawana	India	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 30 July 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 360.

Records on 30 July 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 July 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 36, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 July 1961

Top 20 records on 30 July 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 July 1961	Bisauli, IN	all-time rain	409.7 mm (16.1 in)	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1961	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1961	Gunnaur, IN	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Panipat, IN	monthly rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Leeu Gamka (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Cypherfontein, ZA	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Harderug, ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Elandspoort, ZA	monthly rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Akhnoor, IN	daily rain	172.1 mm (6.8 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Umzonia (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Budaun, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Bathurst Ns,, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Lekkervlei, ZA	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Willcox, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Sahaswan, IN	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1961	Parysfontein, ZA	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	46 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

1794 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 511 records.

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

Records on 07-30 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1827	1
1828	2
1829	1
1830	1
1834	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	2
1885	3
1886	5
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	10
1894	6
1895	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	8
1899	2
1900	4
1901	11
1902	6
1903	25
1904	17
1905	29
1906	22
1907	11
1908	23
1909	30
1910	8
1911	54
1912	21
1913	34
1914	52
1915	26
1916	150
1917	93
1918	42
1919	19
1920	188
1921	193
1922	40
1923	428
1924	80
1925	275
1926	186
1927	109
1928	210
1929	221
1930	170
1931	432
1932	275
1933	451
1934	619
1935	340
1936	452
1937	245
1938	388
1939	395
1940	562
1941	371
1942	304
1943	397
1944	289
1945	299
1946	409
1947	394
1948	489
1949	512
1950	552
1951	322
1952	581
1953	345
1954	504
1955	787
1956	506
1957	289
1958	344
1959	391
1960	793
1961	511
1962	378
1963	308
1964	483
1965	978
1966	527
1967	282
1968	530
1969	506
1970	431
1971	2,319
1972	758
1973	434
1974	569
1975	1,048
1976	590
1977	641
1978	646
1979	761
1980	962
1981	851
1982	821
1983	904
1984	997
1985	1,029
1986	952
1987	1,084
1988	826
1989	1,227
1990	795
1991	734
1992	1,003
1993	965
1994	1,631
1995	1,207
1996	1,317
1997	933
1998	1,240
1999	1,456
2000	1,030
2001	1,400
2002	1,346
2003	1,163
2004	936
2005	788
2006	1,103
2007	1,160
2008	763
2009	1,328
2010	1,331
2011	1,003
2012	731
2013	737
2014	1,199
2015	682
2016	460
2017	464
2018	1,038
2019	486
2020	763
2021	839
2022	845
2023	683
2024	705
2025	869
2026	1,001

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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	377
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1