Weather Records on 7 August 1961

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1961. Highest significance: Gohad, IN.

Key Facts for 7 August 1961

On 7 August 1961, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 350 daily.
Gohad set a daily record precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 7 August 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 7 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pachwara	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahroni	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelzer	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dhandaus	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 120.

Records on 7 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

259 broken records

Margins by which the 259 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 August 1961

Top 20 records on 7 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1961	Gohad, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Griffin, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Dudinka, RU	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Covington, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Milan, IT	daily high min	25.4 C (77.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	173 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Fatehpur Sikri, IN	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Pachwara, IN	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Mehgaon, IN	all-time rain	218.0 mm (8.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Gauhati Obsy, IN	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Madurantakam, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1961	Mahroni, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Tallapoosa 2 N, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Minden, US	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	16.6 C (61.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Sepao, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1961	Pelzer, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	33 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

1808 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1961. 1961 had 356 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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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	238
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1