Weather Records on 14 November 1961

614 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 November 1961. Highest significance: Bay Saint Louis, US.

Key Facts for 14 November 1961

On 14 November 1961, 614 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 583 daily.
Bay Saint Louis set a monthly record daily precipitation of 213.9 mm (8.4 in) on 14 November 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

614 stations

614 station records on 14 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fortland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steigen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obar	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nara Visa	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norvalspont (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorddrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

614 records

Records set or tied on 14 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 14 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 14 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

505 broken records

Margins by which the 505 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 November 1961

Top 20 records on 14 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 November 1961	Bay Saint Louis, US	monthly rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	46 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1961	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	monthly rain	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	177.5 mm (7.0 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1961	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 November 1961	Stockwell, AU	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Ilfracombe Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Springerville, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Elephant Butte Dam, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Mvenyane, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Houma, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Artesia 6S, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Monticello, US	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Bay Minette, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Franklin 3 NW, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 November 1961	Melrose, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 years	44 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

1801 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1961. 1961 had 614 records.

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

Records on 11-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	2
1820	1
1823	2
1825	1
1835	3
1839	1
1842	1
1847	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1873	4
1874	2
1875	3
1876	3
1879	3
1880	3
1881	2
1882	1
1883	3
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	5
1899	6
1900	3
1901	12
1902	14
1903	5
1904	17
1905	37
1906	27
1907	5
1908	20
1909	39
1910	7
1911	18
1912	19
1913	32
1914	48
1915	45
1916	86
1917	222
1918	25
1919	122
1920	70
1921	70
1922	37
1923	125
1924	114
1925	147
1926	290
1927	189
1928	296
1929	430
1930	437
1931	490
1932	370
1933	390
1934	229
1935	105
1936	348
1937	306
1938	327
1939	343
1940	1,448
1941	429
1942	310
1943	255
1944	467
1945	325
1946	289
1947	371
1948	171
1949	438
1950	551
1951	817
1952	327
1953	849
1954	201
1955	1,660
1956	556
1957	668
1958	862
1959	1,147
1960	315
1961	614
1962	314
1963	521
1964	872
1965	497
1966	415
1967	555
1968	615
1969	824
1970	526
1971	694
1972	1,159
1973	656
1974	485
1975	734
1976	1,079
1977	589
1978	799
1979	551
1980	497
1981	611
1982	644
1983	918
1984	488
1985	1,510
1986	2,074
1987	548
1988	791
1989	1,028
1990	1,203
1991	771
1992	770
1993	2,410
1994	1,318
1995	1,250
1996	879
1997	1,954
1998	877
1999	1,484
2000	1,448
2001	1,251
2002	516
2003	556
2004	1,008
2005	971
2006	1,012
2007	484
2008	720
2009	960
2010	1,606
2011	701
2012	346
2013	525
2014	1,706
2015	675
2016	699
2017	348
2018	906
2019	1,265
2020	592
2021	678
2022	878
2023	545
2024	454
2025	1,288

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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	458
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1