Weather Records on 3 January 1961

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1961. Highest significance: Postmyr I Drangedal, NO.

Key Facts for 3 January 1961

On 3 January 1961, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 533 daily.
Postmyr I Drangedal set a daily record precipitation of 44.3 mm (1.7 in) on 3 January 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 3 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laukaha	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodangora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trida (Willandra National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Nowranie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 417, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 3 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 3 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 6, daily 533.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

501 broken records

Margins by which the 501 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1961

Top 20 records on 3 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1961	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1961	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Collerina (Corrella), AU	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Milroy, AU	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Tuena, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Laukaha, IN	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Lugano, CH	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Bulgroo Station, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Lunner, NO	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Bodangora Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1961	Dotswood, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	43 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 543 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 50	469
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1