Weather Records on 19 December 1961

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 December 1961. Highest significance: Boolcarrol, AU.

Key Facts for 19 December 1961

On 19 December 1961, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 583 daily.
Boolcarrol set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 19 December 1961.
Across 152 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 19 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boolcarrol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Coolah Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bugaldie (Ulundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winton (Nioka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa Ag. Res. STN.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 19 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 302, Heaviest daily snowfall 91, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 19 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	302
Heaviest daily snowfall	91
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 19 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 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

19 December 1961

Top 20 records on 19 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 December 1961	Boolcarrol, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 December 1961	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Chinle, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Mullaley Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Holbrook (Annandayle), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Pawnee City, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Clarinda, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Coolah (Coolah Creek), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Holton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Oregon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Madowla, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Bugaldie (Ulundi), AU	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 December 1961	Mullaley (Bando), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	37 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 595 records.

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

Records on 12-19 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1795	1
1805	1
1835	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	3
1855	3
1859	3
1860	1
1861	2
1869	2
1870	1
1875	2
1877	2
1880	1
1884	2
1885	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	16
1903	2
1904	19
1905	5
1906	9
1907	12
1908	12
1909	18
1910	22
1911	17
1912	41
1913	50
1914	23
1915	31
1916	38
1917	36
1918	24
1919	53
1920	30
1921	60
1922	155
1923	180
1924	492
1925	79
1926	152
1927	222
1928	45
1929	386
1930	76
1931	650
1932	239
1933	459
1934	455
1935	110
1936	689
1937	211
1938	237
1939	390
1940	392
1941	588
1942	654
1943	364
1944	241
1945	700
1946	182
1947	283
1948	397
1949	632
1950	545
1951	622
1952	469
1953	517
1954	443
1955	906
1956	287
1957	984
1958	386
1959	249
1960	432
1961	595
1962	670
1963	966
1964	753
1965	392
1966	851
1967	1,063
1968	900
1969	381
1970	485
1971	288
1972	325
1973	1,014
1974	252
1975	843
1976	398
1977	569
1978	1,191
1979	829
1980	456
1981	1,515
1982	768
1983	2,804
1984	1,066
1985	1,179
1986	609
1987	1,095
1988	1,001
1989	1,740
1990	1,463
1991	1,236
1992	1,176
1993	1,153
1994	692
1995	1,459
1996	2,108
1997	830
1998	855
1999	609
2000	1,154
2001	627
2002	1,467
2003	996
2004	664
2005	697
2006	1,061
2007	689
2008	1,545
2009	1,937
2010	1,610
2011	832
2012	774
2013	636
2014	537
2015	1,109
2016	1,080
2017	783
2018	397
2019	541
2020	327
2021	603
2022	494
2023	1,224
2024	864
2025	1,542

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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	453
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1