Weather Records on 3 December 1961

342 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1961. Highest significance: Crawley, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 December 1961

On 3 December 1961, 342 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
221 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 324 daily.
Crawley set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.5 mm (5.4 in) on 3 December 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

342 stations

342 station records on 3 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kodanand	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Payson Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elista	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

342 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 3 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 3 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 324.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1961

Top 20 records on 3 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1961	Crawley, ZA	all-time rain	137.5 mm (5.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 1961	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	monthly rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Kodanand, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Morris, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Hillmoor, ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Devils Lake Kdlr, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1961	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Cuyamaca, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Lugansk, UA	monthly high max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	1.7 cm (0.7 in)	58 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Mahackala, RU	daily high max	17.3 C (63.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Palisade, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Benson, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	58 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	62 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1961	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	25 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 342 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 20	229
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1