Weather Records on 10 December 1961

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 December 1961. Highest significance: Poplarville Exp STN, US.

Key Facts for 10 December 1961

On 10 December 1961, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 275 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 843 daily.
Poplarville Exp STN set an all-time record daily precipitation of 267.2 mm (10.5 in) on 10 December 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 10 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Lock 13	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wildersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 10 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 310, Heaviest daily snowfall 126, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 10 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	310
Heaviest daily snowfall	126
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 10 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 28, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 December 1961

Top 20 records on 10 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 December 1961	Poplarville Exp STN, US	all-time rain	267.2 mm (10.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1961	Balaghat, IN	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1961	Liveringa Upper, AU	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1961	Millers Ferry, US	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 December 1961	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily snow depth	70.0 cm (27.6 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Thomasville, US	monthly rain	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Bogalusa, US	all-time rain	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Merrill, US	monthly rain	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Dadeville, US	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Hammond, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Martin Dam, US	all-time rain	150.1 mm (5.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Mobile, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Prattville, US	all-time rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Wetumpka, US	all-time rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 December 1961	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	44 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 878 records.

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

Records on 12-10 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1812	2
1815	1
1816	1
1825	2
1841	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	2
1855	1
1856	1
1860	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	1
1878	3
1879	10
1880	2
1882	2
1884	1
1886	1
1889	1
1891	17
1893	2
1894	2
1895	4
1897	1
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	8
1903	7
1904	15
1905	18
1906	15
1907	29
1908	11
1909	16
1910	47
1911	35
1912	23
1913	21
1914	35
1915	123
1916	89
1917	76
1918	30
1919	80
1920	186
1921	52
1922	157
1923	121
1924	64
1925	83
1926	106
1927	202
1928	131
1929	250
1930	141
1931	318
1932	511
1933	265
1934	331
1935	194
1936	178
1937	449
1938	272
1939	924
1940	163
1941	249
1942	282
1943	504
1944	431
1945	193
1946	1,073
1947	378
1948	174
1949	536
1950	336
1951	582
1952	633
1953	408
1954	336
1955	385
1956	455
1957	449
1958	751
1959	205
1960	390
1961	878
1962	405
1963	511
1964	447
1965	843
1966	991
1967	829
1968	576
1969	423
1970	1,338
1971	1,646
1972	1,858
1973	453
1974	372
1975	688
1976	376
1977	1,370
1978	1,299
1979	1,378
1980	531
1981	1,035
1982	748
1983	685
1984	605
1985	1,421
1986	601
1987	803
1988	599
1989	787
1990	935
1991	940
1992	795
1993	754
1994	940
1995	1,758
1996	1,193
1997	1,198
1998	709
1999	568
2000	882
2001	460
2002	1,030
2003	1,086
2004	1,247
2005	833
2006	998
2007	1,202
2008	1,083
2009	1,354
2010	1,424
2011	362
2012	825
2013	1,010
2014	602
2015	1,166
2016	858
2017	719
2018	500
2019	572
2020	567
2021	934
2022	570
2023	926
2024	477
2025	1,969

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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 100	718
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1