Weather Records on 2 January 1961

638 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1961. Highest significance: Moama, AU.

Key Facts for 2 January 1961

On 2 January 1961, 638 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 628 daily.
Moama set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 2 January 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

638 stations

638 station records on 2 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manjhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shikohabad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhandaus	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Ghasan Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amroha	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lammermoor Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marrilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thakurdwara	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balwyn North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niekerkshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Purnanga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbells Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narkatiyaganj	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

638 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 507, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 2 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	507
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 2 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 628.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1961

Top 20 records on 2 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1961	Moama, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1961	Springvale, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1961	Durham, GB	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1961	Manjhanpur, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Quantambone, AU	all-time rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Cavan, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Dhampur, IN	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Shikohabad, IN	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Musafir Khana, IN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Dhandaus, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Ripogenus Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Aliganj, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Tovdal, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Poitiers - Biard, FR	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	N Ghasan Sr, IN	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Dutton River Station, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1961	Etmadpur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	44 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

1794 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 638 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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 25	478
25 to 50	67
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	5
175 to 200	2