Weather Records on 11 March 1961

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1961. Highest significance: Inga, BR.

Key Facts for 11 March 1961

On 11 March 1961, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 345 daily.
Inga set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 11 March 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 11 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merweville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matatiele	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kruisrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Duved	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Round Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

315 broken records

Margins by which the 315 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1961

Top 20 records on 11 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1961	Inga, BR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Heartsease, ZA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Putbus, DE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Merweville, ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Matatiele, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Kilmashogue,Lowlands, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Gospic, HR	daily high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Royal Observatory, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Kruisrivier, ZA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Putbus, DE	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Riva, IT	daily high max	19.0 C (66.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Duved, SE	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1961	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1961	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 353 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	286
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1