Weather Records on 14 December 1961

823 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 December 1961. Highest significance: Kinnabulla, AU.

Key Facts for 14 December 1961

On 14 December 1961, 823 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 778 daily.
Kinnabulla set an all-time record daily precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 14 December 1961.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

823 stations

823 station records on 14 December 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 December 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kinnabulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sea Lake (Marston Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Speed (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Towan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bangerang North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nandaly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrega (Taunton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Tillara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nulkwyne Kiamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beauchamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Patchewollock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tandarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woornack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernihurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boigbeat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cramenton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah (Yarraby Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

823 records

Records set or tied on 14 December 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 588, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 14 December 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	588
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 14 December 1961 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 36, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 December 1961

Top 20 records on 14 December 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 December 1961	Kinnabulla, AU	all-time rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 1961	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 December 1961	Sea Lake (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	75 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Sea Lake (Marston Downs), AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Gama, AU	monthly rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Woomelang, AU	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Headingly Station, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Speed (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Towan, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Bangerang North, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 December 1961	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Ouyen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Nhill (Woorak), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Nyah, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Beulah, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 December 1961	Diapur, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 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 823 records.

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

Records on 12-14 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1808	4
1814	1
1825	2
1831	1
1835	1
1840	2
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1855	3
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1882	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	2
1893	4
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	11
1900	3
1901	20
1902	10
1903	11
1904	12
1905	2
1906	7
1907	22
1908	10
1909	14
1910	14
1911	13
1912	41
1913	9
1914	85
1915	99
1916	96
1917	55
1918	97
1919	29
1920	67
1921	52
1922	112
1923	255
1924	238
1925	319
1926	206
1927	384
1928	332
1929	410
1930	92
1931	418
1932	260
1933	571
1934	141
1935	158
1936	384
1937	325
1938	81
1939	182
1940	237
1941	433
1942	323
1943	331
1944	243
1945	415
1946	397
1947	490
1948	818
1949	139
1950	305
1951	724
1952	382
1953	370
1954	225
1955	388
1956	443
1957	244
1958	814
1959	294
1960	654
1961	823
1962	886
1963	663
1964	337
1965	610
1966	483
1967	959
1968	337
1969	498
1970	174
1971	864
1972	907
1973	628
1974	328
1975	2,092
1976	445
1977	1,023
1978	389
1979	709
1980	774
1981	1,031
1982	496
1983	1,197
1984	1,862
1985	1,400
1986	397
1987	1,317
1988	674
1989	2,058
1990	629
1991	1,098
1992	1,308
1993	954
1994	558
1995	1,331
1996	832
1997	1,401
1998	1,227
1999	793
2000	1,950
2001	1,391
2002	863
2003	978
2004	738
2005	845
2006	1,445
2007	636
2008	1,319
2009	848
2010	1,891
2011	867
2012	938
2013	565
2014	1,046
2015	2,200
2016	650
2017	563
2018	699
2019	588
2020	551
2021	763
2022	1,028
2023	619
2024	363
2025	1,772

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Data for records on 1961-12-14: 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 50	707
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1