Weather Records on 17 September 1961

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1961. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 17 September 1961

On 17 September 1961, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 328 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 647 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 74.6 mm (2.9 in) on 17 September 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 17 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Achalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 252, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 17 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	252
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1961

Top 20 records on 17 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1961	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Snowville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge), AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Achalpur, IN	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Cathcart (Mount Darragh), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Jonkoping, SE	monthly high min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Putbus, DE	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	103 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Eden (Timbillica), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Timovskoe, RU	monthly rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	68 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Saint John, CA	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1961	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	26.0 C (78.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	76 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

1796 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 657 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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 10	487
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1