Weather Records on 23 November 1961

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 November 1961. Highest significance: Grangeville, US.

Key Facts for 23 November 1961

On 23 November 1961, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 553 daily.
Grangeville set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 23 November 1961.
Across 156 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 23 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avery Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kenny Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marked Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avery Rs	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 23 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 423, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 23 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	423
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 23 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 553.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 November 1961

Top 20 records on 23 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 November 1961	Grangeville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 November 1961	Union City, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Detroit, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Hickory 1 E, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Water Valley, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Boolcarrol, AU	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Belleville, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Heber, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Quipolly Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Stuttgart, US	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Avery Rs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Batesville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Clarendon, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 November 1961	Marion, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	45 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

1821 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1961. 1961 had 572 records.

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

Records on 11-23 in each year
Year	Records
1821	3
1829	2
1831	2
1835	1
1846	1
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1858	5
1861	1
1864	1
1865	3
1871	1
1872	2
1874	2
1877	1
1880	4
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1888	2
1890	8
1891	2
1892	1
1893	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	3
1901	1
1902	7
1903	4
1904	22
1905	12
1906	21
1907	27
1908	47
1909	35
1910	8
1911	78
1912	22
1913	61
1914	43
1915	27
1916	73
1917	214
1918	31
1919	33
1920	36
1921	28
1922	36
1923	104
1924	261
1925	129
1926	130
1927	364
1928	185
1929	516
1930	147
1931	1,232
1932	201
1933	221
1934	317
1935	252
1936	249
1937	497
1938	494
1939	216
1940	540
1941	526
1942	460
1943	149
1944	212
1945	316
1946	361
1947	739
1948	513
1949	434
1950	1,012
1951	386
1952	385
1953	568
1954	515
1955	600
1956	1,038
1957	561
1958	440
1959	418
1960	195
1961	572
1962	349
1963	652
1964	775
1965	870
1966	721
1967	403
1968	443
1969	237
1970	861
1971	1,124
1972	679
1973	823
1974	495
1975	735
1976	420
1977	964
1978	840
1979	1,276
1980	879
1981	905
1982	1,035
1983	1,739
1984	1,228
1985	1,983
1986	501
1987	568
1988	1,162
1989	1,381
1990	756
1991	1,160
1992	1,462
1993	1,363
1994	900
1995	942
1996	1,284
1997	501
1998	1,394
1999	1,540
2000	731
2001	1,031
2002	1,099
2003	1,837
2004	977
2005	1,047
2006	1,154
2007	990
2008	1,288
2009	874
2010	1,529
2011	1,200
2012	661
2013	978
2014	774
2015	626
2016	642
2017	1,755
2018	692
2019	320
2020	422
2021	336
2022	298
2023	406
2024	622
2025	580

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Data for records on 1961-11-23: 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	491
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1