Weather Records on 23 February 1961

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1961. Highest significance: Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU.

Key Facts for 23 February 1961

On 23 February 1961, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
331 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 665 daily.
Kolora (Wooriwyrite) set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 23 February 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 552 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 23 February 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crownpoint	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Primrose Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leeds	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 23 February 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 23 February 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 665.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1961

Top 20 records on 23 February 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1961	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Greenville, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Pierson, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Decatur, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	83 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Ft Deposit, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Valley Head, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Virden, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Karkaralinsk, KZ	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Gadsden, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1961	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	69 years	37 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 677 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	503
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1