Weather Records on 17 November 1961

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1961. Highest significance: Eudunda, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1961

On 17 November 1961, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 87 monthly and 696 daily.
Eudunda set a monthly record daily precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 17 November 1961.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

795 stations

795 station records on 17 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Stonefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Eudunda (Brownlow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Carwarp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Waikerie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Berri Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Werrimull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Meringur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Neds Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Paringa (Beardy Park Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Murnpeowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Mangalo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lyrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mindarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yeltacowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merrinee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Maggea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 590, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 17 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	590
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 17 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 87, daily 696.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

745 broken records

Margins by which the 745 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1961

Top 20 records on 17 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1961	Eudunda, AU	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	74 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Renmark Irrigation, AU	all-time rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	73 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Cambrai (Kongolia), AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Hatfield (Clare), AU	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	72 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Stonefield, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Moorook, AU	all-time rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Eudunda (Brownlow), AU	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Carwarp, AU	all-time rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	68 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Waikerie (Ramco), AU	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	66 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Lake Victoria Storage, AU	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Cleve, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Waikerie, AU	monthly rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Blanchetown, AU	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Whyte Yarcowie, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Berri Irrigation, AU	all-time rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Werrimull, AU	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Auburn, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1961	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 795 records.

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

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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Data for records on 1961-11-17: 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 20	586
20 to 40	115
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1