Weather Records on 20 October 1961

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 October 1961. Highest significance: Port Hastings, CA.

Key Facts for 20 October 1961

On 20 October 1961, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 463 daily.
Port Hastings set a daily record precipitation of 51.8 mm (2.0 in) on 20 October 1961.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 20 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
North River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Viking	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lloydminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Drummond FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 20 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 463.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

386 broken records

Margins by which the 386 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 October 1961

Top 20 records on 20 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 October 1961	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	North River Dam, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Calmar, CA	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Brooks Ahrc, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Cottonwood, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Grangeville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Radford 5 SW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	83 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily low min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Scott Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Louisa, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	St Margaret's Bay, CA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Burkes Garden, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Union 3 SSE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Elk Point, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Charleston 1, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 October 1961	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 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

1806 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1961. 1961 had 479 records.

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

Records on 10-20 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1835	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	1
1858	1
1863	2
1864	2
1866	3
1867	1
1868	2
1872	2
1874	2
1875	3
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	3
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	6
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	4
1896	9
1897	2
1898	7
1899	1
1900	8
1901	7
1902	5
1903	9
1904	13
1905	22
1906	28
1907	32
1908	26
1909	17
1910	31
1911	16
1912	6
1913	38
1914	16
1915	20
1916	72
1917	201
1918	34
1919	19
1920	81
1921	68
1922	83
1923	96
1924	182
1925	247
1926	147
1927	283
1928	92
1929	129
1930	672
1931	125
1932	331
1933	675
1934	422
1935	390
1936	370
1937	189
1938	231
1939	367
1940	757
1941	459
1942	152
1943	501
1944	288
1945	363
1946	310
1947	1,494
1948	320
1949	1,084
1950	619
1951	279
1952	520
1953	1,057
1954	262
1955	529
1956	283
1957	440
1958	461
1959	451
1960	671
1961	479
1962	733
1963	765
1964	598
1965	340
1966	857
1967	511
1968	244
1969	607
1970	710
1971	606
1972	1,724
1973	878
1974	1,122
1975	587
1976	1,304
1977	467
1978	508
1979	1,647
1980	350
1981	1,083
1982	1,191
1983	944
1984	1,562
1985	835
1986	823
1987	590
1988	737
1989	2,092
1990	609
1991	971
1992	1,174
1993	1,238
1994	650
1995	703
1996	1,417
1997	949
1998	683
1999	603
2000	737
2001	589
2002	985
2003	1,761
2004	1,861
2005	1,092
2006	1,170
2007	923
2008	477
2009	786
2010	539
2011	785
2012	945
2013	592
2014	851
2015	523
2016	947
2017	602
2018	394
2019	744
2020	1,010
2021	900
2022	834
2023	1,468
2024	707
2025	326

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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	325
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	2