Weather Records on 12 January 1960

1,365 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 January 1960. Highest significance: Cedar Rapids #1, US.

Key Facts for 12 January 1960

On 12 January 1960, 1,365 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
690 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 97 monthly and 1,265 daily.
Cedar Rapids #1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 12 January 1960.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

1,365 stations

1,365 station records on 12 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Devenish	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Puckawidgee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,365 records

Records set or tied on 12 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 486, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 557, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 12 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	486
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	557
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 12 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 97, daily 1,265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,198 broken records

Margins by which the 1,198 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 January 1960

Top 20 records on 12 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 January 1960	Cedar Rapids #1, US	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	76 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Fort Dearborn, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	75 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	S Haven, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Barnawartha, AU	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	73 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Grinnell 3 SW, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Albion, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Bloomingdale, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Ridgetown, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Marengo, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Sycamore, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Walnut, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Belle Plaine, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Centerville, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Joliet, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Knoxville, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Washington, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	S Bend AP, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 January 1960	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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 1,365 records.

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

Records on 01-12 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1812	1
1830	2
1840	1
1849	1
1851	1
1856	2
1863	2
1867	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1889	1
1890	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	6
1903	13
1904	3
1905	15
1906	4
1907	12
1908	29
1909	19
1910	43
1911	70
1912	55
1913	19
1914	67
1915	39
1916	47
1917	118
1918	148
1919	24
1920	73
1921	31
1922	71
1923	65
1924	87
1925	141
1926	65
1927	144
1928	629
1929	103
1930	185
1931	142
1932	475
1933	91
1934	222
1935	299
1936	334
1937	260
1938	179
1939	296
1940	315
1941	246
1942	327
1943	440
1944	119
1945	490
1946	288
1947	258
1948	330
1949	510
1950	399
1951	368
1952	268
1953	1,207
1954	427
1955	302
1956	503
1957	376
1958	410
1959	568
1960	1,365
1961	291
1962	1,397
1963	2,005
1964	635
1965	346
1966	485
1967	436
1968	1,207
1969	514
1970	527
1971	763
1972	1,289
1973	564
1974	1,057
1975	1,205
1976	986
1977	1,078
1978	711
1979	1,295
1980	1,442
1981	1,508
1982	1,614
1983	1,115
1984	596
1985	896
1986	690
1987	2,007
1988	841
1989	1,019
1990	637
1991	1,324
1992	774
1993	1,923
1994	942
1995	1,688
1996	1,596
1997	1,957
1998	1,077
1999	871
2000	1,061
2001	575
2002	1,011
2003	737
2004	651
2005	1,918
2006	1,117
2007	1,410
2008	715
2009	839
2010	1,044
2011	1,714
2012	810
2013	1,481
2014	515
2015	743
2016	400
2017	1,358
2018	1,198
2019	919
2020	1,310
2021	618
2022	570
2023	830
2024	1,068
2025	543
2026	630

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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 25	1,111
25 to 50	62
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1