Weather Records on 9 October 1961

622 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1961. Highest significance: Salon, IN.

Key Facts for 9 October 1961

On 9 October 1961, 622 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 605 daily.
Salon set a daily record precipitation of 111.5 mm (4.4 in) on 9 October 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

622 stations

622 station records on 9 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salon	India	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	277.5 mm (10.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Unnao	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shahapur	India	Record daily precipitation	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murbad	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Panvel	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaso	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dausa	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pen	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Panchgani	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aspen	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chalisgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paud	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lonavala	India	Record daily precipitation	158.4 mm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

622 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 605.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

511 broken records

Margins by which the 511 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 159.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1961

Top 20 records on 9 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1961	Salon, IN	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1961	Salida, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1961	Mandangad, IN	daily rain	147.0 mm (5.8 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1961	Mahabaleshwar, IN	monthly rain	277.5 mm (10.9 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Unnao, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Kopargaon, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Shahapur, IN	daily rain	142.8 mm (5.6 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Ft Wingate, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Murbad, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Silverton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Dulce, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Bidar, IN	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Panvel, IN	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Ames, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Delta, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Jaso, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1961	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	46 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 622 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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Data for records on 1961-10-09: 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 20	428
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	4