Weather Records on 25 October 1961

237 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 October 1961. Highest significance: Bapatla, IN.

Key Facts for 25 October 1961

On 25 October 1961, 237 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 236 daily.
Bapatla set a daily record precipitation of 176.4 mm (6.9 in) on 25 October 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

237 stations

237 station records on 25 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muthupet	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark Beach 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blue River North	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagamandala	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Manginapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jackvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caboonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

237 records

Records set or tied on 25 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 113, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 25 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 25 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 October 1961

Top 20 records on 25 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 October 1961	Bapatla, IN	daily rain	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
25 October 1961	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Anekal, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Mangalore, IN	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Mandya, IN	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	82 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Muthupet, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Axel, NL	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Vanderhoof, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Woods Point, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Ozark Beach 2 NNE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 October 1961	Santaravur, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 October 1961	Houston, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 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

1800 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1961. 1961 had 237 records.

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

Records on 10-25 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1802	1
1831	1
1834	1
1840	1
1841	1
1845	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1861	2
1864	1
1866	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	3
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	4
1890	11
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1895	2
1896	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	8
1900	3
1901	3
1902	13
1903	4
1904	10
1905	20
1906	18
1907	14
1908	32
1909	19
1910	15
1911	28
1912	18
1913	51
1914	33
1915	50
1916	19
1917	29
1918	36
1919	73
1920	158
1921	47
1922	210
1923	117
1924	122
1925	297
1926	391
1927	358
1928	104
1929	262
1930	260
1931	317
1932	380
1933	433
1934	983
1935	302
1936	205
1937	328
1938	461
1939	934
1940	491
1941	323
1942	383
1943	321
1944	273
1945	437
1946	460
1947	668
1948	169
1949	761
1950	408
1951	493
1952	331
1953	278
1954	687
1955	573
1956	501
1957	907
1958	285
1959	904
1960	439
1961	237
1962	937
1963	1,115
1964	245
1965	529
1966	347
1967	493
1968	376
1969	462
1970	693
1971	996
1972	409
1973	339
1974	470
1975	1,326
1976	832
1977	824
1978	460
1979	720
1980	967
1981	1,200
1982	1,107
1983	484
1984	1,135
1985	595
1986	665
1987	572
1988	594
1989	1,543
1990	554
1991	1,413
1992	1,208
1993	569
1994	610
1995	667
1996	1,016
1997	2,375
1998	903
1999	1,110
2000	1,469
2001	1,338
2002	1,779
2003	1,215
2004	1,107
2005	1,695
2006	1,165
2007	1,289
2008	722
2009	576
2010	1,240
2011	748
2012	1,267
2013	656
2014	945
2015	499
2016	569
2017	737
2018	402
2019	1,000
2020	3,067
2021	1,081
2022	778
2023	1,254
2024	724
2025	505

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	179
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2