Weather Records on 1 July 1981

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 July 1981. Highest significance: Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 1 July 1981

On 1 July 1981, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 786 daily.
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 63.2 mm (2.5 in) on 1 July 1981.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

828 stations

828 station records on 1 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bai'tyk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grayson 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weemelah Balarang Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cureton Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Riito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tulloona (Coolanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dewar 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Beaumont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeland Linder Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Siloam Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 1 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 340.

Records on 1 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 38, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

687 broken records

Margins by which the 687 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 July 1981

Top 20 records on 1 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 July 1981	Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1981	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 July 1981	Waldron, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Cythera, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Bai'tyk, KG	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Eagle FAA AP, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Candelaria (Smn), MX	monthly rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Kem-Port, RU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Mena, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Mangut, RU	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Grayson 3 SW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Bezeck, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Weemelah Balarang Street, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Cureton Rch, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 July 1981	Anniston Metro AP, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 828 records.

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

Records on 07-01 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1811	2
1816	1
1832	1
1833	1
1835	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1846	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1872	3
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	6
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	4
1898	10
1899	8
1900	2
1901	16
1902	6
1903	13
1904	18
1905	20
1906	14
1907	11
1908	11
1909	21
1910	30
1911	24
1912	51
1913	62
1914	126
1915	22
1916	30
1917	34
1918	57
1919	32
1920	293
1921	239
1922	55
1923	298
1924	350
1925	166
1926	95
1927	163
1928	65
1929	146
1930	163
1931	763
1932	300
1933	601
1934	220
1935	263
1936	425
1937	491
1938	355
1939	287
1940	393
1941	528
1942	510
1943	494
1944	252
1945	614
1946	432
1947	493
1948	278
1949	301
1950	435
1951	484
1952	271
1953	618
1954	619
1955	535
1956	420
1957	657
1958	496
1959	738
1960	386
1961	370
1962	280
1963	663
1964	403
1965	358
1966	504
1967	488
1968	721
1969	472
1970	632
1971	421
1972	474
1973	627
1974	738
1975	554
1976	768
1977	672
1978	718
1979	722
1980	959
1981	828
1982	1,606
1983	749
1984	766
1985	1,019
1986	965
1987	954
1988	1,542
1989	832
1990	1,405
1991	1,021
1992	1,689
1993	623
1994	936
1995	1,326
1996	637
1997	1,145
1998	1,280
1999	1,395
2000	593
2001	897
2002	1,090
2003	1,031
2004	768
2005	941
2006	674
2007	719
2008	857
2009	1,159
2010	1,146
2011	1,038
2012	1,295
2013	1,150
2014	517
2015	917
2016	515
2017	667
2018	764
2019	531
2020	820
2021	957
2022	759
2023	514
2024	660
2025	1,181
2026	958

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Data for records on 1981-07-01: 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	553
10 to 20	73
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	8
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1