Weather Records on 4 December 1961

570 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 December 1961. Highest significance: Haliburton A, CA.

Key Facts for 4 December 1961

On 4 December 1961, 570 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 513 daily.
Haliburton A set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 4 December 1961.
Across 166 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

570 stations

570 station records on 4 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Perkins	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vedasandur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello Seigniory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Cabonga	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washago	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

570 records

Records set or tied on 4 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 218, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 4 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	218
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 4 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 57, daily 513.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 December 1961

Top 20 records on 4 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 December 1961	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1961	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 December 1961	Perkins, CA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Bancroft, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Chelsea, CA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Fenelon Falls, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Brantford, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	San German 4 W, PR	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Berthierville, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	North Bay, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Lindsay, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Mont Laurier, CA	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	181 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Greenville Wtp, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 December 1961	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	monthly high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	62 years	39 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

1796 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 570 records.

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

Records on 12-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1797	1
1810	2
1823	1
1829	2
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	3
1854	1
1855	5
1856	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1872	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1879	7
1882	3
1883	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	4
1892	9
1896	2
1897	5
1898	9
1899	3
1900	13
1901	7
1902	15
1903	7
1904	6
1905	16
1906	25
1907	5
1908	8
1909	45
1910	7
1911	27
1912	46
1913	59
1914	61
1915	61
1916	95
1917	31
1918	27
1919	94
1920	54
1921	60
1922	72
1923	142
1924	129
1925	266
1926	174
1927	184
1928	143
1929	432
1930	221
1931	411
1932	265
1933	524
1934	149
1935	330
1936	637
1937	148
1938	275
1939	443
1940	600
1941	1,326
1942	450
1943	259
1944	377
1945	332
1946	515
1947	577
1948	504
1949	120
1950	852
1951	583
1952	269
1953	738
1954	689
1955	811
1956	692
1957	350
1958	529
1959	212
1960	628
1961	570
1962	574
1963	285
1964	1,195
1965	590
1966	1,047
1967	428
1968	775
1969	366
1970	933
1971	768
1972	1,973
1973	1,124
1974	651
1975	757
1976	669
1977	654
1978	1,582
1979	943
1980	976
1981	638
1982	2,138
1983	1,284
1984	796
1985	1,239
1986	549
1987	624
1988	764
1989	1,541
1990	1,164
1991	1,178
1992	1,075
1993	708
1994	1,029
1995	972
1996	684
1997	654
1998	2,549
1999	930
2000	895
2001	974
2002	1,478
2003	595
2004	721
2005	1,075
2006	1,510
2007	1,005
2008	652
2009	1,114
2010	1,874
2011	1,252
2012	1,482
2013	1,227
2014	629
2015	428
2016	533
2017	607
2018	563
2019	522
2020	424
2021	942
2022	437
2023	736
2024	590
2025	535

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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 50	426
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1