Weather Records on 17 October 1961

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 October 1961. Highest significance: Condobolin Retirement Village, AU.

Key Facts for 17 October 1961

On 17 October 1961, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 517 daily.
Condobolin Retirement Village set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 17 October 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

525 stations

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

Weather records on 17 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Condobolin Retirement Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mulki	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla (Jeolga Old.Sf.Site)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paling Yards (Ulabri)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pillar Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hickeys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Mihi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 17 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 201, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	201
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

419 broken records

Margins by which the 419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 October 1961

Top 20 records on 17 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 October 1961	Condobolin Retirement Village, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1961	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1961	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1961	Groningen-1, NL	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 October 1961	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Sion 2, CH	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Uccle, BE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Dubbo (Darling Street), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Ter Apel, NL	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Narromine (Mumble Peg), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Mulki, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Cobbora (Ellismayne), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Jagdalpur, IN	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 October 1961	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	43 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 525 records.

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

Records on 10-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	2
1808	2
1810	1
1811	1
1817	1
1820	1
1830	1
1836	1
1844	1
1845	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	1
1879	7
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	5
1894	2
1895	1
1897	3
1898	6
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	4
1903	9
1904	17
1905	12
1906	3
1907	16
1908	46
1909	18
1910	13
1911	24
1912	12
1913	26
1914	72
1915	7
1916	81
1917	29
1918	20
1919	34
1920	82
1921	64
1922	60
1923	149
1924	81
1925	324
1926	153
1927	163
1928	530
1929	119
1930	441
1931	431
1932	345
1933	190
1934	262
1935	337
1936	338
1937	865
1938	710
1939	424
1940	580
1941	194
1942	349
1943	1,173
1944	415
1945	289
1946	437
1947	744
1948	724
1949	442
1950	809
1951	274
1952	474
1953	463
1954	579
1955	562
1956	353
1957	245
1958	415
1959	403
1960	432
1961	525
1962	350
1963	513
1964	492
1965	920
1966	551
1967	576
1968	929
1969	714
1970	815
1971	1,053
1972	866
1973	542
1974	1,055
1975	605
1976	1,381
1977	1,060
1978	583
1979	468
1980	1,366
1981	555
1982	575
1983	526
1984	1,551
1985	585
1986	354
1987	828
1988	827
1989	1,163
1990	1,109
1991	1,352
1992	1,384
1993	1,001
1994	1,306
1995	1,076
1996	987
1997	1,114
1998	1,455
1999	815
2000	461
2001	878
2002	992
2003	764
2004	935
2005	643
2006	1,506
2007	690
2008	467
2009	1,606
2010	625
2011	734
2012	550
2013	516
2014	530
2015	843
2016	1,559
2017	743
2018	1,163
2019	504
2020	889
2021	294
2022	964
2023	544
2024	994
2025	363

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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	391
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1