Weather Records on 24 October 1961

228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1961. Highest significance: Kerkwerve, NL.

Key Facts for 24 October 1961

On 24 October 1961, 228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 224 daily.
Kerkwerve set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 24 October 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

228 stations

228 station records on 24 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fassifern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapalle	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Margaret's Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dwingelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

228 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 24 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 24 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1961

Top 20 records on 24 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1961	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Hosur, IN	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Fassifern, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Wellington (Springfield), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Cape Don, AU	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Tuddal, NO	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Greta Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1961	Rapalle, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Bodinayakkanur, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Uccle, BE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	McCall, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 October 1961	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1961. 1961 had 228 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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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	163
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1