Weather Records on 12 November 1961

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1961. Highest significance: Mount Anderson, AU.

Key Facts for 12 November 1961

On 12 November 1961, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 342 daily.
Mount Anderson set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 12 November 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 12 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milner	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parysfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kabra Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scheurfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.8 C (-5.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie-Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tweefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 12 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 12 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 342.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

292 broken records

Margins by which the 292 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1961

Top 20 records on 12 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1961	Mount Anderson, AU	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1961	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Stewart, CA	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Daroca, ES	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Eads, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Milner, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Kassler, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Breckenridge, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Welgelegen(Middlemnt, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1961	Aralskoe More, KZ	monthly rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	13 years	36 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

1802 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1961. 1961 had 348 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	274
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1