Weather Records on 21 October 1961

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 October 1961. Highest significance: Columbia 2SSE, US.

Key Facts for 21 October 1961

On 21 October 1961, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 219 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 535 daily.
Columbia 2SSE set an all-time record daily precipitation of 212.9 mm (8.4 in) on 21 October 1961.
Across 167 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 21 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crisfield Somrs Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aneroid	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Outlook	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ahiri	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 21 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 21 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 21 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

462 broken records

Margins by which the 462 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 October 1961

Top 20 records on 21 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 October 1961	Columbia 2SSE, US	all-time rain	212.9 mm (8.4 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	26 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 October 1961	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Shaunavon, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Waren, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	New Canton, US	monthly rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Arbovale 2, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Tubbul Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Charlottesville 2W, US	monthly rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Choteau, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	West Yellowstone, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Louisa, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Baku, AZ	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Crisfield Somrs Cove, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Hopewell, US	monthly rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Dubois Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Warsaw 2 NW, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Ashland, US	monthly rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 October 1961	Clifton Forge 2 NW, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	42 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

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 553 records.

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

Records on 10-21 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1802	2
1805	1
1808	1
1810	1
1834	1
1835	1
1840	1
1845	1
1847	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	3
1867	1
1868	3
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1877	2
1878	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	3
1891	6
1892	6
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	2
1903	3
1904	30
1905	15
1906	11
1907	35
1908	35
1909	19
1910	21
1911	10
1912	18
1913	59
1914	35
1915	43
1916	70
1917	208
1918	18
1919	102
1920	149
1921	58
1922	78
1923	81
1924	389
1925	150
1926	77
1927	187
1928	78
1929	200
1930	492
1931	217
1932	165
1933	733
1934	407
1935	707
1936	407
1937	132
1938	121
1939	491
1940	537
1941	644
1942	258
1943	421
1944	367
1945	538
1946	297
1947	977
1948	266
1949	1,015
1950	438
1951	382
1952	848
1953	1,579
1954	279
1955	481
1956	276
1957	511
1958	322
1959	410
1960	408
1961	553
1962	359
1963	725
1964	457
1965	465
1966	425
1967	472
1968	174
1969	881
1970	548
1971	498
1972	813
1973	464
1974	866
1975	509
1976	1,467
1977	451
1978	616
1979	1,958
1980	378
1981	667
1982	870
1983	786
1984	1,872
1985	776
1986	814
1987	852
1988	696
1989	1,668
1990	807
1991	877
1992	1,095
1993	845
1994	670
1995	1,120
1996	1,581
1997	915
1998	711
1999	688
2000	771
2001	610
2002	1,241
2003	2,066
2004	1,674
2005	949
2006	1,057
2007	916
2008	610
2009	713
2010	710
2011	662
2012	703
2013	440
2014	716
2015	493
2016	734
2017	750
2018	440
2019	757
2020	1,135
2021	574
2022	629
2023	890
2024	1,138
2025	364

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	430
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1