Weather Records on 16 February 1961

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1961. Highest significance: Sealy, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1961

On 16 February 1961, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
309 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 513 daily.
Sealy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.1 mm (4.6 in) on 16 February 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

530 stations

530 station records on 16 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Villupuram	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Littlefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caraubas (Caraibeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yandil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 16 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 16 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

425 broken records

Margins by which the 425 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1961

Top 20 records on 16 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1961	Sealy, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Hartbeesfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Burenda, AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Liafoss, NO	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Monkira, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Purcellville, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Paravur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Vicosa Do Ceara, BR	all-time rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Jarrell, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Westland, AU	monthly rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Tindivanam, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Villupuram, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	McGregor, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Biddenham, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Uccle, BE	daily high max	16.3 C (61.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1961	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	58 years	40 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 530 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 February 1961
Margin	Records
0 to 100	410
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2