Weather Records on 1 August 1961

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1961. Highest significance: Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU.

Key Facts for 1 August 1961

On 1 August 1961, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 389 daily.
Butler Tanks (North Parnda) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 1 August 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 1 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Butler Tanks (North Parnda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deolgaon Raja	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madanapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moga	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kattanjhiri	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenali	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pendraka	India	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Unchhera	India	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ellore	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 219.

Records on 1 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1961

Top 20 records on 1 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1961	Butler Tanks (North Parnda), AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
1 August 1961	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Nohar, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Tantoyuca, MX	monthly low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Quilandi, IN	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Guerrero (Smn), MX	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Lihue 1020, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Ner, IN	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Deolgaon Raja, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Madanapalli, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Mehkar, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Sveg, SE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Roebling, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Laramie, US	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Rush 1N, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1961	Puttur, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	37 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

1797 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 404 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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 10	232
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2