Weather Records on 22 April 1961

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 April 1961. Highest significance: Charam, AU.

Key Facts for 22 April 1961

On 22 April 1961, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 473 daily.
Charam set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 22 April 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 22 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
The Elms	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Turner River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Placerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 22 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 22 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 22 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 April 1961

Top 20 records on 22 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 April 1961	Charam, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Warsaw, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Kelso, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	The Elms, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Whitestown, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Rantoul, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Turner River, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Keokuk L&D 19, US	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	69 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Crawfordsville Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Berne Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Edina, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Monroe, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 April 1961	Artern, DE	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	34 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

1800 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1961. 1961 had 492 records.

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

Records on 04-22 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1815	1
1817	1
1838	1
1842	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	2
1855	2
1857	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	2
1868	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	3
1885	3
1888	4
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	1
1898	4
1899	3
1900	4
1901	26
1902	13
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	11
1907	12
1908	14
1909	25
1910	27
1911	29
1912	35
1913	22
1914	79
1915	14
1916	56
1917	29
1918	63
1919	45
1920	55
1921	75
1922	81
1923	119
1924	132
1925	421
1926	148
1927	547
1928	380
1929	194
1930	207
1931	561
1932	266
1933	189
1934	340
1935	298
1936	543
1937	368
1938	243
1939	210
1940	434
1941	287
1942	286
1943	519
1944	565
1945	250
1946	555
1947	552
1948	454
1949	377
1950	584
1951	556
1952	636
1953	384
1954	545
1955	783
1956	249
1957	705
1958	411
1959	412
1960	1,107
1961	492
1962	329
1963	887
1964	1,109
1965	512
1966	534
1967	1,227
1968	870
1969	500
1970	1,048
1971	420
1972	780
1973	850
1974	647
1975	390
1976	363
1977	818
1978	765
1979	430
1980	1,632
1981	959
1982	1,073
1983	938
1984	1,128
1985	1,426
1986	1,381
1987	1,054
1988	971
1989	1,467
1990	815
1991	1,272
1992	1,155
1993	1,327
1994	812
1995	1,129
1996	1,051
1997	975
1998	1,174
1999	941
2000	1,202
2001	1,325
2002	1,406
2003	529
2004	647
2005	666
2006	797
2007	650
2008	844
2009	959
2010	902
2011	1,017
2012	1,212
2013	985
2014	437
2015	529
2016	593
2017	470
2018	688
2019	498
2020	598
2021	1,320
2022	505
2023	539
2024	663
2025	403
2026	727

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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 50	392
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1