Weather Records on 13 November 1961

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1961. Highest significance: Alvin, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1961

On 13 November 1961, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 516 daily.
Alvin set a daily record precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 13 November 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 13 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sweetwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 13 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 13 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 297.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 November 1961

Top 20 records on 13 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1961	Alvin, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1961	Artern, DE	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1961	Seguin, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Anahuac, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Grenada, US	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	La Grange, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Nixon, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Clifton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Halle, DE	monthly rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	State UNIV, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Luling, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Mosquero 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Tajique 4 N, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Mountainair, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1961	Blanco, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	47 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

1795 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1961. 1961 had 540 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	473
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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Data for records on 1961-11-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	433
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1