Weather Records on 1 February 1961

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1961. Highest significance: Gopalpur, IN.

Key Facts for 1 February 1961

On 1 February 1961, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 466 daily.
Gopalpur set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 February 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 1 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Didwana	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Falakata Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sadabad	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kharar	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ambala	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsu	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bidhuna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dharamjaigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dehra Gopipur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beechy	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velva	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rupar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 1 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 1 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 466.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1961

Top 20 records on 1 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1961	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1961	Didwana, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Fatehabad, IN	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Khairagarh, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Bah, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Falakata Sr, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Sadabad, IN	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Belvidere, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Kharar, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Ambala, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Bodalkasa, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Lehal, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Samrala, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Racine Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1961	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	35 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

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 479 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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	358
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2