Weather Records on 7 November 1961

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 November 1961. Highest significance: Venterstad, ZA.

Key Facts for 7 November 1961

On 7 November 1961, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 339 daily.
Venterstad set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 7 November 1961.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 7 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burragate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottosdal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpan II	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahganj	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manasa	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 7 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 7 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 7 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 November 1961

Top 20 records on 7 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 November 1961	Venterstad, ZA	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Minas Nuevas, MX	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Roodekop, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Rodeo, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Burragate Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 November 1961	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Ottosdal, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Las Vigas, MX	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Holyoke, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	54 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Winchendon, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Ojinaga (Smn), MX	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S, MX	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Blagovescensk, RU	daily high min	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	70 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Rooijantjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 November 1961	Truxton Canyon, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	46 years	27 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

1794 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 347 records.

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

Records on 11-07 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1805	1
1811	2
1828	1
1834	1
1835	1
1842	1
1845	2
1847	1
1851	1
1852	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	3
1864	3
1868	2
1871	1
1873	1
1876	1
1878	1
1885	4
1887	3
1888	2
1889	3
1890	5
1891	3
1893	4
1894	1
1895	9
1896	2
1899	14
1900	3
1901	2
1902	9
1903	16
1904	4
1905	4
1906	14
1907	12
1908	18
1909	11
1910	44
1911	19
1912	68
1913	25
1914	35
1915	26
1916	94
1917	34
1918	41
1919	59
1920	18
1921	112
1922	72
1923	90
1924	858
1925	438
1926	79
1927	398
1928	104
1929	104
1930	476
1931	500
1932	320
1933	449
1934	714
1935	302
1936	649
1937	209
1938	1,381
1939	214
1940	198
1941	344
1942	467
1943	550
1944	612
1945	846
1946	471
1947	313
1948	516
1949	554
1950	212
1951	1,356
1952	249
1953	1,170
1954	297
1955	487
1956	295
1957	314
1958	206
1959	1,315
1960	374
1961	347
1962	337
1963	694
1964	277
1965	241
1966	657
1967	780
1968	534
1969	624
1970	483
1971	1,487
1972	565
1973	912
1974	511
1975	1,233
1976	493
1977	1,030
1978	622
1979	513
1980	1,522
1981	616
1982	482
1983	835
1984	460
1985	489
1986	1,198
1987	760
1988	746
1989	980
1990	1,501
1991	3,082
1992	1,084
1993	1,211
1994	910
1995	1,165
1996	2,102
1997	1,053
1998	921
1999	1,535
2000	2,129
2001	1,024
2002	711
2003	1,424
2004	766
2005	1,443
2006	1,556
2007	557
2008	875
2009	798
2010	1,271
2011	1,039
2012	852
2013	809
2014	368
2015	1,676
2016	1,048
2017	848
2018	514
2019	594
2020	1,508
2021	490
2022	1,293
2023	684
2024	1,293
2025	319

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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 10	233
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1