Weather Records on 2 January 1960

630 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1960. Highest significance: Pratapgarh, IN.

Key Facts for 2 January 1960

On 2 January 1960, 630 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 614 daily.
Pratapgarh set a daily record precipitation of 45.6 mm (1.8 in) on 2 January 1960.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

630 stations

630 station records on 2 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Doodlakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kadipur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dudinin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dobra Scritia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ghosi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nukarni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beverley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

630 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 614.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1960

Top 20 records on 2 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1960	Pratapgarh, IN	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 January 1960	Doodlakine, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Kalamunda, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Cuballing, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Bareli, IN	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Brewster, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Brookings 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Gadarwara, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Patti, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Xique-Xique (Igatu), BR	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Kadipur, IN	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Picos, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Wungong Dam, AU	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Kalannie, AU	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Dudinin, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	3.4 C (38.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Albion, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1960	Bowelling, AU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	31 years	38 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

1794 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 630 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	450
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1