Weather Records on 15 May 1961

508 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 May 1961. Highest significance: Faribault, US.

Key Facts for 15 May 1961

On 15 May 1961, 508 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
330 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 497 daily.
Faribault set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 15 May 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1820 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

508 stations

508 station records on 15 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.3 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pimpelner	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gooty	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulug	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chandor	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

508 records

Records set or tied on 15 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 15 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

415 broken records

Margins by which the 415 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 May 1961

Top 20 records on 15 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 May 1961	Faribault, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Mont Laurier, CA	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Challis, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Theethandathanam, IN	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Farmington 3NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Crandall Creek, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	46 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Seward AP, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Harur, IN	monthly rain	123.3 mm (4.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Beatrice, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Belleville, CA	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Shahapur, IN	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Berlin, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Brockville, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 May 1961	Maniwaki 2, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1961	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1961	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 May 1961	Lindsay, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	64 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

1820 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1820 to 1961. 1961 had 508 records.

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

Records on 05-15 in each year
Year	Records
1820	1
1825	1
1831	1
1832	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	2
1848	1
1855	2
1857	2
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	3
1874	2
1876	4
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	3
1891	3
1893	5
1894	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	9
1900	9
1901	2
1902	9
1903	4
1904	13
1905	16
1906	10
1907	27
1908	25
1909	89
1910	27
1911	27
1912	26
1913	60
1914	16
1915	236
1916	27
1917	80
1918	133
1919	25
1920	58
1921	92
1922	30
1923	125
1924	174
1925	100
1926	161
1927	191
1928	144
1929	161
1930	136
1931	459
1932	368
1933	439
1934	227
1935	288
1936	372
1937	373
1938	393
1939	351
1940	179
1941	454
1942	701
1943	568
1944	630
1945	588
1946	238
1947	334
1948	264
1949	363
1950	260
1951	736
1952	476
1953	426
1954	355
1955	538
1956	466
1957	521
1958	605
1959	764
1960	291
1961	508
1962	1,128
1963	782
1964	347
1965	320
1966	389
1967	609
1968	1,019
1969	790
1970	512
1971	351
1972	484
1973	818
1974	1,230
1975	372
1976	803
1977	1,186
1978	922
1979	404
1980	625
1981	586
1982	500
1983	1,215
1984	1,059
1985	649
1986	679
1987	1,073
1988	643
1989	552
1990	776
1991	1,179
1992	944
1993	784
1994	910
1995	1,750
1996	1,452
1997	1,175
1998	1,641
1999	810
2000	850
2001	1,280
2002	801
2003	1,023
2004	1,046
2005	767
2006	955
2007	949
2008	995
2009	675
2010	1,088
2011	1,298
2012	751
2013	1,081
2014	1,411
2015	717
2016	890
2017	435
2018	1,074
2019	627
2020	472
2021	412
2022	847
2023	566
2024	596
2025	801
2026	481

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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	400
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1