Weather Records on 30 November 1961

412 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 November 1961. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 30 November 1961

On 30 November 1961, 412 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 403 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 30 November 1961.
Across 158 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

412 stations

412 station records on 30 November 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 November 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkawatt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cramenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mulcra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pokataroo (Durhambone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale (Kyndalyn Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manangatang (Eureka East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

412 records

Records set or tied on 30 November 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 30 November 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 30 November 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 403.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 November 1961

Top 20 records on 30 November 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 November 1961	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1961	Maude Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1961	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1961	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 November 1961	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Pemblegong, AU	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Umea, SE	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Soltau, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Heerde, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Arnhem, NL	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Wilkawatt Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Cramenton, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Lingen, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Mulcra, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Santa Clara UNIV, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Hay (Illilawa), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 November 1961	Twin Lakes, US	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	28 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

1797 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 412 records.

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

Records on 11-30 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1799	2
1807	2
1815	2
1817	1
1821	1
1827	2
1836	1
1840	1
1846	1
1849	2
1866	1
1867	1
1871	2
1875	7
1876	2
1879	2
1881	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	7
1896	5
1897	5
1898	1
1899	7
1900	4
1901	8
1902	7
1903	22
1904	6
1905	16
1906	21
1907	6
1908	51
1909	20
1910	22
1911	22
1912	19
1913	54
1914	68
1915	37
1916	64
1917	26
1918	32
1919	87
1920	138
1921	42
1922	46
1923	144
1924	95
1925	102
1926	84
1927	600
1928	187
1929	883
1930	185
1931	375
1932	372
1933	1,006
1934	1,282
1935	84
1936	186
1937	375
1938	165
1939	321
1940	330
1941	298
1942	218
1943	238
1944	422
1945	147
1946	343
1947	544
1948	332
1949	323
1950	382
1951	348
1952	829
1953	307
1954	470
1955	576
1956	304
1957	226
1958	676
1959	339
1960	219
1961	412
1962	802
1963	566
1964	1,042
1965	309
1966	730
1967	802
1968	516
1969	625
1970	995
1971	501
1972	414
1973	635
1974	912
1975	2,018
1976	1,789
1977	935
1978	761
1979	837
1980	697
1981	1,361
1982	1,142
1983	1,137
1984	571
1985	2,887
1986	798
1987	913
1988	686
1989	781
1990	483
1991	2,104
1992	676
1993	756
1994	762
1995	1,472
1996	1,054
1997	987
1998	2,289
1999	1,170
2000	962
2001	1,431
2002	862
2003	634
2004	1,344
2005	883
2006	2,656
2007	739
2008	855
2009	951
2010	1,915
2011	1,108
2012	1,059
2013	505
2014	822
2015	880
2016	634
2017	307
2018	493
2019	1,060
2020	323
2021	1,049
2022	559
2023	583
2024	672
2025	858

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 November 1961
Margin	Records
0 to 100	344
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1