Weather Records on 8 February 1961

863 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 February 1961. Highest significance: Hata, IN.

Key Facts for 8 February 1961

On 8 February 1961, 863 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
151 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 838 daily.
Hata set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 8 February 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

863 stations

863 station records on 8 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Picardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Asansol Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chinaganjam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Assobani	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bolpur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saltora	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kundahit	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampore	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Topchanchi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nanpara	India	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

863 records

Records set or tied on 8 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 483, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 98.

Records on 8 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	483
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	98

Records on 8 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 838.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 February 1961

Top 20 records on 8 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 February 1961	Hata, IN	monthly rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1961	Manbazar, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
8 February 1961	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Culpeper, US	all-time snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Gorakhpur, IN	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Frostburg, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Picardy, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Belvidere, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Purcellville, US	all-time snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Mt Wx, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Asansol Obsy Sr, IN	monthly rain	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Chinaganjam, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Crisfield Somrs Cove, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Assobani, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Bolpur, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 February 1961	Saltora, IN	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	51 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

1798 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1961. 1961 had 863 records.

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

Records on 02-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1822	1
1829	1
1838	1
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	4
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1893	1
1894	4
1895	14
1896	1
1898	1
1899	9
1900	9
1901	5
1902	3
1903	18
1904	8
1905	2
1906	9
1907	16
1908	36
1909	8
1910	16
1911	47
1912	67
1913	22
1914	25
1915	30
1916	16
1917	45
1918	44
1919	39
1920	43
1921	39
1922	60
1923	41
1924	147
1925	685
1926	205
1927	59
1928	263
1929	458
1930	181
1931	398
1932	526
1933	1,064
1934	418
1935	370
1936	717
1937	738
1938	575
1939	315
1940	235
1941	342
1942	224
1943	459
1944	500
1945	530
1946	239
1947	553
1948	417
1949	346
1950	500
1951	811
1952	198
1953	462
1954	1,111
1955	448
1956	584
1957	998
1958	323
1959	274
1960	551
1961	863
1962	448
1963	933
1964	305
1965	793
1966	1,116
1967	539
1968	229
1969	561
1970	342
1971	1,146
1972	348
1973	759
1974	560
1975	346
1976	771
1977	704
1978	1,331
1979	1,355
1980	1,345
1981	736
1982	808
1983	492
1984	630
1985	1,256
1986	819
1987	835
1988	837
1989	2,241
1990	2,042
1991	1,376
1992	833
1993	894
1994	2,056
1995	1,004
1996	1,697
1997	725
1998	1,148
1999	1,633
2000	786
2001	1,743
2002	863
2003	719
2004	692
2005	865
2006	614
2007	657
2008	797
2009	1,217
2010	1,023
2011	883
2012	876
2013	733
2014	1,125
2015	1,344
2016	777
2017	1,648
2018	851
2019	1,386
2020	597
2021	970
2022	273
2023	414
2024	1,347
2025	886
2026	912

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Data for records on 1961-02-08: 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	700
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	4
500 to 600	2