Weather Records on 1 September 1961

531 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 September 1961. Highest significance: Port Dover, CA.

Key Facts for 1 September 1961

On 1 September 1961, 531 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 511 daily.
Port Dover set a daily record precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 1 September 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

531 stations

531 station records on 1 September 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 September 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florieton (Bundey Bore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

531 records

Records set or tied on 1 September 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 143, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 248.

Records on 1 September 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	143
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 September 1961 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

423 broken records

Margins by which the 423 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 65.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 September 1961

Top 20 records on 1 September 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 September 1961	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 September 1961	Beeton, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Steelville 2 N, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Darby, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Orillia, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Dhoraji, IN	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Kamiah, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Independence #1, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Salamonia, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Rock Island 2 NW, US	all-time rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Arasadi, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Yates Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	93 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Breakwater, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Black Rock, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Three Lynx, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 September 1961	Newbern, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	36 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

1797 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1961. 1961 had 531 records.

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

Records on 09-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1806	1
1819	1
1827	1
1831	1
1838	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1869	3
1871	1
1873	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1881	5
1883	1
1886	3
1887	3
1888	2
1890	2
1892	2
1894	3
1897	4
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	14
1902	5
1903	16
1904	9
1905	6
1906	26
1907	14
1908	26
1909	34
1910	22
1911	16
1912	47
1913	32
1914	23
1915	46
1916	16
1917	24
1918	31
1919	19
1920	31
1921	46
1922	67
1923	75
1924	210
1925	127
1926	182
1927	136
1928	166
1929	324
1930	264
1931	233
1932	550
1933	622
1934	654
1935	584
1936	385
1937	502
1938	373
1939	303
1940	333
1941	497
1942	532
1943	578
1944	377
1945	497
1946	642
1947	555
1948	460
1949	1,102
1950	849
1951	668
1952	644
1953	937
1954	407
1955	413
1956	504
1957	320
1958	427
1959	519
1960	408
1961	531
1962	368
1963	416
1964	621
1965	657
1966	596
1967	1,263
1968	604
1969	493
1970	502
1971	464
1972	518
1973	874
1974	895
1975	939
1976	627
1977	500
1978	809
1979	459
1980	671
1981	649
1982	642
1983	1,167
1984	619
1985	901
1986	964
1987	909
1988	651
1989	823
1990	749
1991	687
1992	1,010
1993	1,122
1994	1,291
1995	1,165
1996	823
1997	1,161
1998	1,159
1999	925
2000	1,613
2001	904
2002	778
2003	1,254
2004	827
2005	901
2006	1,157
2007	976
2008	1,204
2009	1,003
2010	1,313
2011	1,071
2012	874
2013	775
2014	515
2015	661
2016	522
2017	686
2018	399
2019	800
2020	689
2021	751
2022	1,016
2023	720
2024	938
2025	359
2026	521

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Data for records on 1961-09-01: 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 10	343
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2