Weather Records on 30 October 1961

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1961. Highest significance: Leslie (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 30 October 1961

On 30 October 1961, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 730 daily.
Leslie (Mun) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 30 October 1961.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 30 October 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leslie (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Chanute Martin Johnson AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Droogefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Regina	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Strehla	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bulandshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Edwards 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sambalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kulgam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baghpat Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinedale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwar Mayapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 207, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 336, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 30 October 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	207
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	336
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 30 October 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 50, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

648 broken records

Margins by which the 648 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1961

Top 20 records on 30 October 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1961	Leslie (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1961	Chanute Martin Johnson AP, US	monthly rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1961	Droogefontein, ZA	monthly rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Regina, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Independence #1, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Holbrook, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Dulce, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Lincoln 1 SE, US	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Holbrook, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Stewart, CA	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Manhattan, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Winslow AP, US	monthly snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Lawrence, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Springerville, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Strehla, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Escalante, US	monthly snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1961	Horton, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 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

1799 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1961. 1961 had 781 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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 50	621
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1