Weather Records on 8 November 1961

246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 November 1961. Highest significance: Hillsboro, US.

Key Facts for 8 November 1961

On 8 November 1961, 246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 236 daily.
Hillsboro set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 8 November 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

246 stations

246 station records on 8 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cessnock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulu	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barguzin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.7 C (-19.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna (Goode)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

246 records

Records set or tied on 8 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 8 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 8 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 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

8 November 1961

Top 20 records on 8 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 November 1961	Hillsboro, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 November 1961	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Columbus, US	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Hatch, US	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Durham, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	74 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Cessnock Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Hillside Station, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Deming, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Pinos Altos, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Cramond, Albert Fall, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Silver City, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 November 1961	Adur, IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1961	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1961	Vogelstruiskuil, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1961	Mountainair, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 November 1961	Marquette, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	33 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 246 records.

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

Records on 11-08 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1807	1
1811	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1818	1
1821	1
1828	1
1835	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	2
1849	2
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	2
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	4
1888	3
1890	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	12
1898	2
1899	9
1900	2
1901	1
1902	6
1903	4
1904	21
1905	11
1906	13
1907	5
1908	15
1909	11
1910	15
1911	10
1912	34
1913	38
1914	20
1915	32
1916	76
1917	102
1918	27
1919	71
1920	38
1921	162
1922	16
1923	155
1924	629
1925	392
1926	108
1927	324
1928	60
1929	137
1930	340
1931	685
1932	412
1933	467
1934	763
1935	266
1936	579
1937	356
1938	819
1939	208
1940	357
1941	513
1942	238
1943	767
1944	561
1945	1,293
1946	608
1947	475
1948	505
1949	331
1950	653
1951	939
1952	316
1953	483
1954	328
1955	448
1956	278
1957	418
1958	231
1959	456
1960	430
1961	246
1962	265
1963	670
1964	368
1965	346
1966	1,701
1967	747
1968	532
1969	579
1970	570
1971	1,239
1972	571
1973	928
1974	593
1975	1,204
1976	1,058
1977	1,429
1978	839
1979	728
1980	1,440
1981	823
1982	591
1983	1,007
1984	864
1985	718
1986	1,702
1987	548
1988	602
1989	811
1990	1,079
1991	3,151
1992	804
1993	842
1994	789
1995	1,168
1996	1,340
1997	897
1998	1,302
1999	1,786
2000	2,194
2001	789
2002	1,050
2003	1,038
2004	888
2005	1,935
2006	1,403
2007	717
2008	809
2009	755
2010	1,167
2011	1,442
2012	814
2013	631
2014	440
2015	930
2016	1,057
2017	478
2018	552
2019	810
2020	2,160
2021	505
2022	1,464
2023	689
2024	1,184
2025	328

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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	194
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1