Weather Records on 6 December 1961

197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 December 1961. Highest significance: Koloa 936, US.

Key Facts for 6 December 1961

On 6 December 1961, 197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 189 daily.
Koloa 936 set a daily record precipitation of 118.4 mm (4.7 in) on 6 December 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1804 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

197 stations

197 station records on 6 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aakukui 1007	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-34.8 C (-30.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderhoof	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woocalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarlerweelor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

197 records

Records set or tied on 6 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 6 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 6 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 189.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

172 broken records

Margins by which the 172 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 December 1961

Top 20 records on 6 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 December 1961	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Aakukui 1007, US	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Milan, IT	daily high min	8.6 C (47.5 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	135 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Chesterfield, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	monthly high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
6 December 1961	Sao Jose Do Belmonte, BR	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Astrakan, RU	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Fort St James, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Vanderhoof, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Keremeos, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Buxton, GB	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Kiev, UA	daily high min	6.2 C (43.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 December 1961	Mzimba, MW	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	27 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

1804 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1961. 1961 had 197 records.

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

Records on 12-06 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1822	1
1825	1
1827	1
1829	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	2
1848	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	7
1871	1
1872	1
1875	3
1876	1
1879	5
1880	1
1884	2
1886	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	8
1893	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	5
1902	19
1903	7
1904	13
1905	4
1906	23
1907	10
1908	18
1909	26
1910	35
1911	9
1912	109
1913	14
1914	11
1915	63
1916	25
1917	22
1918	34
1919	30
1920	259
1921	20
1922	150
1923	145
1924	159
1925	189
1926	308
1927	107
1928	98
1929	92
1930	481
1931	178
1932	363
1933	346
1934	185
1935	283
1936	524
1937	958
1938	267
1939	918
1940	264
1941	231
1942	509
1943	378
1944	203
1945	241
1946	657
1947	178
1948	396
1949	137
1950	1,419
1951	1,591
1952	229
1953	533
1954	455
1955	345
1956	1,633
1957	362
1958	640
1959	379
1960	707
1961	197
1962	916
1963	391
1964	597
1965	420
1966	1,013
1967	310
1968	356
1969	810
1970	558
1971	545
1972	2,565
1973	482
1974	549
1975	637
1976	643
1977	1,480
1978	969
1979	809
1980	1,108
1981	937
1982	1,277
1983	1,232
1984	1,245
1985	1,087
1986	695
1987	978
1988	660
1989	798
1990	800
1991	743
1992	1,622
1993	485
1994	1,467
1995	1,456
1996	1,093
1997	953
1998	2,750
1999	1,079
2000	1,230
2001	1,520
2002	1,576
2003	1,303
2004	699
2005	1,233
2006	1,097
2007	1,538
2008	913
2009	866
2010	1,364
2011	1,327
2012	848
2013	2,182
2014	615
2015	768
2016	575
2017	402
2018	469
2019	374
2020	549
2021	676
2022	432
2023	1,271
2024	620
2025	640

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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	159
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2