Weather Records on 12 August 1961

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 August 1961. Highest significance: Mc Intosh 4 NW, US.

Key Facts for 12 August 1961

On 12 August 1961, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 365 daily.
Mc Intosh 4 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 12 August 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 12 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pueblo City Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pudino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warroad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mahbubnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dufur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 12 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 145.

Records on 12 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 12, daily 365.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

274 broken records

Margins by which the 274 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 August 1961

Top 20 records on 12 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 August 1961	Mc Intosh 4 NW, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1961	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 August 1961	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Hetch Hetchy, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Rowlesburg 1, US	all-time rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Annex Creek, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Harrison, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Mountainair, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Blagovescensk, RU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Bayard, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Bowman Dam, US	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Ft Stanton, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Hoult Lock 15, US	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Eiberg, DE	monthly rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 August 1961	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	35 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 381 records.

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

Records on 08-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	2
1814	1
1815	1
1825	1
1843	1
1851	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1879	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	1
1899	10
1900	1
1901	5
1902	9
1903	14
1904	13
1905	16
1906	8
1907	8
1908	31
1909	42
1910	16
1911	33
1912	40
1913	39
1914	26
1915	46
1916	31
1917	134
1918	37
1919	42
1920	26
1921	174
1922	71
1923	89
1924	267
1925	150
1926	154
1927	145
1928	173
1929	276
1930	501
1931	708
1932	418
1933	271
1934	471
1935	408
1936	591
1937	356
1938	237
1939	282
1940	545
1941	481
1942	257
1943	523
1944	595
1945	295
1946	655
1947	729
1948	384
1949	469
1950	442
1951	357
1952	533
1953	227
1954	969
1955	590
1956	265
1957	384
1958	406
1959	388
1960	707
1961	381
1962	466
1963	559
1964	1,346
1965	977
1966	777
1967	1,135
1968	444
1969	629
1970	422
1971	486
1972	473
1973	442
1974	560
1975	593
1976	495
1977	747
1978	571
1979	1,192
1980	692
1981	665
1982	789
1983	923
1984	665
1985	935
1986	615
1987	935
1988	1,518
1989	827
1990	727
1991	726
1992	1,134
1993	936
1994	861
1995	1,654
1996	1,336
1997	1,363
1998	1,215
1999	1,325
2000	741
2001	855
2002	1,345
2003	1,752
2004	1,872
2005	1,085
2006	874
2007	1,209
2008	970
2009	814
2010	1,907
2011	903
2012	910
2013	427
2014	787
2015	757
2016	1,290
2017	533
2018	571
2019	695
2020	730
2021	980
2022	616
2023	779
2024	659
2025	639
2026	849

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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	218
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	14
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1