Weather Records on 7 December 1961

206 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 December 1961. Highest significance: Mtn Park, US.

Key Facts for 7 December 1961

On 7 December 1961, 206 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 201 daily.
Mtn Park set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 7 December 1961.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

206 stations

206 station records on 7 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pampa Wb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chesterfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

206 records

Records set or tied on 7 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 7 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 7 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 201.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

170 broken records

Margins by which the 170 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 December 1961

Top 20 records on 7 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 December 1961	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Saint Paul Is AP, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Ukiah, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 December 1961	Saentis, CH	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Pendleton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Mill Creek, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Catharinasvlei, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Nespelem 2 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Ituacu, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Elatma, RU	daily high max	3.7 C (38.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 December 1961	Elatma, RU	daily high min	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	69 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

1801 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1961. 1961 had 206 records.

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

Records on 12-07 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1805	1
1812	2
1815	1
1825	2
1832	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	4
1848	3
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1866	1
1868	5
1871	5
1875	6
1879	5
1881	1
1884	2
1885	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	1
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	8
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	9
1902	16
1903	9
1904	7
1905	3
1906	21
1907	4
1908	24
1909	21
1910	26
1911	7
1912	21
1913	19
1914	32
1915	53
1916	36
1917	52
1918	30
1919	38
1920	81
1921	39
1922	272
1923	128
1924	374
1925	119
1926	372
1927	404
1928	105
1929	146
1930	534
1931	180
1932	555
1933	130
1934	274
1935	270
1936	602
1937	890
1938	279
1939	780
1940	145
1941	139
1942	526
1943	199
1944	357
1945	240
1946	855
1947	240
1948	320
1949	187
1950	1,472
1951	1,751
1952	447
1953	673
1954	445
1955	195
1956	1,358
1957	589
1958	831
1959	539
1960	561
1961	206
1962	642
1963	436
1964	467
1965	476
1966	1,047
1967	386
1968	461
1969	952
1970	724
1971	854
1972	2,239
1973	448
1974	508
1975	404
1976	1,037
1977	1,369
1978	1,882
1979	827
1980	1,314
1981	896
1982	542
1983	957
1984	957
1985	922
1986	1,126
1987	866
1988	582
1989	675
1990	744
1991	698
1992	906
1993	544
1994	1,772
1995	912
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	2,384
1999	674
2000	1,085
2001	743
2002	917
2003	1,184
2004	1,096
2005	1,433
2006	1,246
2007	1,402
2008	833
2009	972
2010	1,405
2011	1,507
2012	643
2013	2,119
2014	479
2015	1,079
2016	389
2017	508
2018	558
2019	447
2020	597
2021	547
2022	579
2023	952
2024	712
2025	665

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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	153
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3