Weather Records on 8 August 1961

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1961. Highest significance: Boca, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1961

On 8 August 1961, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 261 daily.
Boca set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 8 August 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

270 stations

270 station records on 8 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claresholm Meadow Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmsala Lower	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gumri	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Naya Shahr	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 8 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1961

Top 20 records on 8 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1961	Boca, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Paisley, GB	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Sparta, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Lyndon, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Esengyly, TM	daily low max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Emery, US	monthly high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Claresholm Meadow Creek, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	8.5 C (47.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	79 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Oneonta, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1961	Bassawan, IN	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1961	Lake Yellowstone, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1961	Schriever, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1961	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1961	Gatesville, US	daily low min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1961	Wandiwash, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	30 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 270 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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	173
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2