Weather Records on 1 December 1961

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1961. Highest significance: Batemans Bay Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1961

On 1 December 1961, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 362 daily.
Batemans Bay Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 164.6 mm (6.5 in) on 1 December 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 1 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Majors Creek (the Old School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ozuluama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Recklinghausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gibb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Roadvale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 1 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 1 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 362.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

298 broken records

Margins by which the 298 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 181.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1961

Top 20 records on 1 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1961	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	monthly rain	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1961	Nelligen (Thule Road), AU	daily rain	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1961	Araluen Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1961	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1961	Majors Creek (the Old School), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Brocken, DE	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Bettowynd (Condry), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Soltau, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Uccle, BE	daily high max	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	125 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Exeter, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Yakutat AP, US	daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1961	Bemboka Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 373 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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 25	274
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1