Weather Records on 18 August 1961

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 August 1961. Highest significance: Vasilevici, BY.

Key Facts for 18 August 1961

On 18 August 1961, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 410 daily.
Vasilevici set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 18 August 1961.
Across 171 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

415 stations

415 station records on 18 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Blue Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sohana	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jainagar	India	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ratnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 18 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 237.

Records on 18 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	237
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 410.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 August 1961

Top 20 records on 18 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 August 1961	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 August 1961	Wilsonville, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 August 1961	Clark, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 August 1961	Sotchi, RU	all-time high max	38.5 C (101.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Hoxie, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Yenda (Blue Plains), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Quinter, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Dresden, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	River Falls, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Chaska, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Mahnomen, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Wheaton, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Hassan Obsy, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 August 1961	Beardsley, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 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

1797 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 415 records.

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

Records on 08-18 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1805	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1830	1
1833	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1869	1
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1883	3
1885	3
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	6
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1898	4
1899	6
1900	2
1901	10
1902	8
1903	6
1904	8
1905	10
1906	40
1907	7
1908	21
1909	24
1910	16
1911	11
1912	21
1913	43
1914	37
1915	60
1916	71
1917	70
1918	53
1919	34
1920	51
1921	39
1922	129
1923	90
1924	225
1925	300
1926	168
1927	269
1928	141
1929	181
1930	150
1931	241
1932	382
1933	431
1934	638
1935	424
1936	766
1937	308
1938	243
1939	381
1940	434
1941	467
1942	333
1943	738
1944	325
1945	400
1946	416
1947	958
1948	315
1949	393
1950	683
1951	355
1952	405
1953	323
1954	622
1955	795
1956	580
1957	380
1958	580
1959	537
1960	599
1961	415
1962	428
1963	760
1964	443
1965	525
1966	573
1967	623
1968	795
1969	530
1970	597
1971	381
1972	493
1973	734
1974	639
1975	844
1976	917
1977	1,112
1978	854
1979	1,309
1980	771
1981	1,386
1982	563
1983	1,420
1984	600
1985	765
1986	861
1987	1,609
1988	1,351
1989	952
1990	920
1991	533
1992	1,497
1993	706
1994	1,027
1995	1,882
1996	760
1997	1,191
1998	923
1999	888
2000	1,183
2001	1,036
2002	1,306
2003	860
2004	1,050
2005	865
2006	842
2007	1,116
2008	1,265
2009	839
2010	1,167
2011	1,239
2012	1,247
2013	752
2014	751
2015	880
2016	704
2017	565
2018	462
2019	615
2020	1,541
2021	1,118
2022	1,237
2023	1,094
2024	696
2025	455
2026	545

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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	291
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1