Weather Records on 3 October 1961

804 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1961. Highest significance: Sheikhpura, IN.

Key Facts for 3 October 1961

On 3 October 1961, 804 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 529 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 784 daily.
Sheikhpura set an all-time record daily precipitation of 374.0 mm (14.7 in) on 3 October 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

804 stations

804 station records on 3 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	374.0 mm (14.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Laukaha	India	Record daily precipitation	345.0 mm (13.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	249.6 mm (9.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ekangersarai	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muzaffarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monghyr	India	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Ghee	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khutauna	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rajauli	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamdaha(West)	India	Record daily precipitation	265.0 mm (10.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

804 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 322, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 3 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	322
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 15, daily 784.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

679 broken records

Margins by which the 679 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 223.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1961

Top 20 records on 3 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1961	Sheikhpura, IN	all-time rain	374.0 mm (14.7 in)	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1961	Laukaha, IN	monthly rain	345.0 mm (13.6 in)	223.1 mm (8.8 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1961	Samastipur, IN	monthly rain	249.6 mm (9.8 in)	131.5 mm (5.2 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1961	Islampur, IN	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Bakhtiarpur, IN	monthly rain	217.2 mm (8.6 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Ekangersarai, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Stewart, CA	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Sarmera, IN	all-time rain	300.0 mm (11.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Gatlinburg 2 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Minapur, IN	all-time rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Muzaffarpur, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Hatchville, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Waterville 2, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Wrangell AP, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Asheville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Monghyr, IN	all-time rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1961	Heerde, NL	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	41 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

1834 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1961. 1961 had 804 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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Data for records on 1961-10-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	665
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1