Weather Records on 4 February 1961

648 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 February 1961. Highest significance: Warren, US.

Key Facts for 4 February 1961

On 4 February 1961, 648 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 38 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 571 daily.
Warren set a monthly record daily snowfall of 40.6 cm (16.0 in) on 4 February 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 536 records.

Record Map

648 stations

648 station records on 4 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ridgway	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

648 records

Records set or tied on 4 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 161, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 4 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	161
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 4 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 38, monthly 39, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

559 broken records

Margins by which the 559 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 February 1961

Top 20 records on 4 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 February 1961	Warren, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Flemington 5 NNW, US	all-time snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Alfred, US	all-time snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Penn Yan, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Penn Yan, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Ridgway, US	all-time snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	16 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Addison, US	all-time snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Pasighat, IN	monthly rain	137.6 mm (5.4 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Springer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Alfred, US	all-time snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 February 1961	Angelica, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Greenville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Little Falls Mill St, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Galeton, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Dansville, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	De Ruyter 4 N, US	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58.9 cm (23.2 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Huntingdon, US	all-time snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Johnstown, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 February 1961	Angelica, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	35 years	56 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 648 records.

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

Records on 02-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1796	1
1800	2
1826	2
1827	2
1828	2
1829	1
1830	2
1839	1
1841	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	2
1862	2
1869	3
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1882	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1897	2
1898	6
1900	7
1901	5
1902	7
1903	17
1904	4
1905	8
1906	8
1907	11
1908	23
1909	33
1910	13
1911	81
1912	83
1913	39
1914	31
1915	20
1916	25
1917	123
1918	80
1919	57
1920	76
1921	41
1922	86
1923	76
1924	276
1925	257
1926	149
1927	537
1928	547
1929	87
1930	316
1931	176
1932	329
1933	162
1934	200
1935	253
1936	497
1937	190
1938	481
1939	179
1940	339
1941	288
1942	378
1943	417
1944	244
1945	336
1946	506
1947	573
1948	585
1949	439
1950	502
1951	391
1952	751
1953	546
1954	853
1955	968
1956	713
1957	620
1958	393
1959	448
1960	421
1961	648
1962	968
1963	1,348
1964	608
1965	461
1966	573
1967	432
1968	298
1969	399
1970	1,195
1971	989
1972	666
1973	616
1974	368
1975	667
1976	672
1977	448
1978	594
1979	1,477
1980	591
1981	566
1982	1,812
1983	787
1984	588
1985	1,865
1986	1,550
1987	472
1988	1,006
1989	3,693
1990	1,546
1991	1,773
1992	952
1993	1,032
1994	597
1995	1,012
1996	3,525
1997	1,270
1998	1,331
1999	1,055
2000	531
2001	1,323
2002	1,232
2003	703
2004	1,431
2005	1,610
2006	633
2007	1,254
2008	1,331
2009	610
2010	1,384
2011	1,913
2012	1,748
2013	398
2014	530
2015	786
2016	1,023
2017	603
2018	1,241
2019	1,435
2020	1,198
2021	644
2022	954
2023	418
2024	911
2025	1,846
2026	782

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Data for records on 1961-02-04: 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	459
100 to 200	64
200 to 300	23
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1