Weather Records on 11 November 1961

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1961. Highest significance: Manati 2 E, PR.

Key Facts for 11 November 1961

On 11 November 1961, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 347 daily.
Manati 2 E set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 11 November 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 11 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Queenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapokhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dedeben (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wowan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Voewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bryn Euryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luluigui	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ona	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dunn Ctr 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

290 broken records

Margins by which the 290 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1961

Top 20 records on 11 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1961	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Queenton, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Kapokhoek, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Dedeben (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	West Haldon, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Wowan Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	all-time rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Vastervik, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Harrisville Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Bruff Hill, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Voewood, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Harrington Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1961	Mount McConnell, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1961	Bryn Euryn, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1961	Bowbells, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	34 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 354 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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	251
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1