Weather Records on 15 August 1961

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1961. Highest significance: Fulton 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1961

On 15 August 1961, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 261 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 685 daily.
Fulton 3 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 186.7 mm (7.4 in) on 15 August 1961.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 15 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tupelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven-Speckenbuttel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parbhani	India	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malpura	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	184.1 mm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	296.4 mm (11.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lindale 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gargoti	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borlam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khilchipur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 131, Lowest daily maximum 133, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 128, Heaviest daily rainfall 213.

Records on 15 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	131
Lowest daily maximum	133
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	128
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1961

Top 20 records on 15 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1961	Fulton 3 W, US	monthly rain	186.7 mm (7.4 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	16 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1961	Berinag, IN	daily rain	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Tupelo, US	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Kem-Port, RU	daily rain	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Hanamkonda, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Statesville 2 NNE, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Bremerhaven-Speckenbuttel, DE	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Les Cedres, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Parbhani, IN	daily rain	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Red Rock 6 SSW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Campbellford, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Macdonald College, CA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Muzaffarnagar, IN	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Subiaco, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Ozark, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1961	Malpura, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 704 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	498
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1