Weather Records on 19 April 1961

759 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1961. Highest significance: Yardea, AU.

Key Facts for 19 April 1961

On 19 April 1961, 759 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 732 daily.
Yardea set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 19 April 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

759 stations

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

Weather records on 19 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iron Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thurlga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Curtinye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wudinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hiltaba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flores (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vulcan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piacabucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

759 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 732.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

605 broken records

Margins by which the 605 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1961

Top 20 records on 19 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1961	Yardea, AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	74 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Yunta (Paratoo), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Roopena, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Nonning, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Iron Knob, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1961	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Thurlga, AU	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Cobar (Taringo Downs), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Perola Park, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Tarcoola, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Osijek, HR	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	East Toorale (Toorale Station), AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Pimba, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Koolunga, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Tallyabra, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1961	Moorna, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	52 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

1807 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1961. 1961 had 759 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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Data for records on 1961-04-19: 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 20	545
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1