Weather Records on 27 December 1961

217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1961. Highest significance: Botany No.1 Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1961

On 27 December 1961, 217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 202 daily.
Botany No.1 Dam set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 27 December 1961.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

217 stations

217 station records on 27 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woronora Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-49.4 C (-56.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Penrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

217 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 27 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 27 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 202.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1961

Top 20 records on 27 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1961	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1961	Virden, CA	daily low max	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Tarkio, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Maddens Creek, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Chemnitz, DE	daily low min	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Buxton, GB	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Mayo A, CA	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Sheffield, GB	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Talkeetna AP, US	all-time low min	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1961	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1961	Chemnitz, DE	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1961	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	33 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

1793 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1961. 1961 had 217 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1961-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	155
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1