Weather Records on 31 January 1961

475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1961. Highest significance: Baseri, IN.

Key Facts for 31 January 1961

On 31 January 1961, 475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 466 daily.
Baseri set a daily record precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 31 January 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

475 stations

475 station records on 31 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baseri	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gurgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakhera	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rohtak	India	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bironkhol	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pauri	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cummings	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

475 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 31 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 31 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

379 broken records

Margins by which the 379 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1961

Top 20 records on 31 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1961	Baseri, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1961	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Fortaleza, BR	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Gurgaon, IN	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Fortaleza (Escola Regional), BR	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	McCall, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Khaga, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly high min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Kindersley, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Rehli, IN	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Mineral, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1961	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	St Andrews, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	Deadwood Dam, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1961	Heber, US	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	50 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1800 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1961. 1961 had 475 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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	346
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2