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Days Above 35°C, 1961

Figures for 1961, as ECMWF published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Days Above 35°C, 1961 covers 222 countries. Mali is highest, at 179.52; 87 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 0.76. Against 1960, 134 values changed (68 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Days Above 35°C · Data for 1961

HighestMali

179.52

Lowest87 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Days Above 35°C, 1961, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Days Above 35°C, 1961: every country, as published by World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF).
MaliMLIWestern Africa179.52
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa174.66
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia162.42
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia160.20
OmanOMNWestern Asia150.43
NigerNERWestern Africa149.34
SenegalSENWestern Africa145.75
QatarQATWestern Asia138.90
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa137.41
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa136.35
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia131.08
SudanSDNNorthern Africa130.23
ChadTCDMiddle Africa125.47
IraqIRQWestern Asia124.41
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa112.39
GambiaGMBWestern Africa108.52
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa101.61
BeninBENWestern Africa94.31
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia93.55
EritreaERIEastern Africa92.98
YemenYEMWestern Asia86.16
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand83.86
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa79.54
South SudanSSDEastern Africa78.55
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa76.79

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mali179.52
  2. Mauritania174.66
  3. Kuwait162.42
  4. United Arab Emirates160.20
  5. Oman150.43

Lowest

  1. Samoashared0.00
  2. Vanuatushared0.00
  3. United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
  5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesshared0.00

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.76. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

What changed between 1960 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 134values changed, of 222 in both
  • 68 · 66rose · fell
  • 88unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Chad171.83 → 125.47−46.36
  • Sudan169.88 → 130.23−39.65
  • Niger186.20 → 149.34−36.86
  • Eritrea112.52 → 92.98−19.54
  • Nigeria97.87 → 79.54−18.33

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 125 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 87 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF) (1961). Days Above 35°C, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hot-days-35c/1961

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07Questions

Days Above 35°C, 1961: questions and answers

Which country has the highest days above 35°C in Days Above 35°C, 1961?

Mali, at 179.52, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Days Above 35°C, 1961 describe?

1961.

How many countries does Days Above 35°C, 1961 cover?

222.

Where can I download Days Above 35°C, 1961?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Days Above 35°C, 1961 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Days Above 35°C, 2025.

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