Weather Records on 9 August 1961

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 August 1961. Highest significance: Hatfield, US.

Key Facts for 9 August 1961

On 9 August 1961, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 334 daily.
Hatfield set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 9 August 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 9 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darke Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Topper State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lesbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kanigiri	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington (Range Vue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kandukur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mavelikara	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Latehar	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shivpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 9 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 9 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

281 broken records

Margins by which the 281 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 August 1961

Top 20 records on 9 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 August 1961	Hatfield, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Lock (Terre), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Lock, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Cummins, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Berinag, IN	all-time rain	225.5 mm (8.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Darke Peak, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Ungarra, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Sheringa, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Stokes, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Narrabri West Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Allahabad Chailk, IN	daily rain	158.7 mm (6.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Coulta, AU	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Uliman (Brentwood), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Haripad, IN	daily rain	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Mount Topper State Forest, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 August 1961	Roldal, NO	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	39 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

1798 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1961. 1961 had 347 records.

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

Records on 08-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	2
1800	1
1838	1
1845	3
1856	1
1859	3
1861	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	3
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	12
1899	4
1900	8
1901	3
1902	3
1903	6
1904	9
1905	5
1906	15
1907	9
1908	9
1909	51
1910	16
1911	44
1912	47
1913	76
1914	21
1915	61
1916	37
1917	46
1918	210
1919	49
1920	289
1921	36
1922	70
1923	73
1924	143
1925	307
1926	142
1927	391
1928	220
1929	127
1930	570
1931	399
1932	194
1933	250
1934	654
1935	587
1936	519
1937	351
1938	379
1939	480
1940	455
1941	372
1942	527
1943	366
1944	647
1945	365
1946	307
1947	544
1948	440
1949	715
1950	407
1951	405
1952	317
1953	363
1954	377
1955	433
1956	278
1957	347
1958	417
1959	453
1960	459
1961	347
1962	636
1963	500
1964	755
1965	632
1966	568
1967	457
1968	1,037
1969	527
1970	751
1971	543
1972	1,089
1973	547
1974	660
1975	790
1976	883
1977	453
1978	784
1979	630
1980	945
1981	941
1982	935
1983	839
1984	683
1985	714
1986	509
1987	927
1988	625
1989	2,082
1990	799
1991	988
1992	1,699
1993	702
1994	1,097
1995	1,417
1996	864
1997	1,446
1998	969
1999	1,370
2000	1,237
2001	1,485
2002	1,167
2003	1,344
2004	941
2005	1,001
2006	828
2007	1,687
2008	667
2009	1,028
2010	1,393
2011	1,177
2012	843
2013	761
2014	531
2015	595
2016	634
2017	773
2018	972
2019	717
2020	643
2021	523
2022	793
2023	820
2024	952
2025	799
2026	1,019

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Data for records on 1961-08-09: 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 10	214
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1