Weather Records on 23 January 1960

544 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 January 1960. Highest significance: Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU.

Key Facts for 23 January 1960

On 23 January 1960, 544 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 249 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 539 daily.
Mount Wellington (the Springs) set a daily record precipitation of 71.4 mm (2.8 in) on 23 January 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

544 stations

544 station records on 23 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmarsh (Corleen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dunalley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Driekoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nugent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

544 records

Records set or tied on 23 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 124, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 23 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	124
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 23 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 539.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

475 broken records

Margins by which the 475 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 January 1960

Top 20 records on 23 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 January 1960	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 January 1960	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Naradhan (Uralba), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Bagdad Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Broadmarsh (Corleen), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Saint Francis, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Bream Creek (Stroud), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Binya (Merribee), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Mangalore (Mangalore Farm), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 January 1960	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	41 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

1795 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 544 records.

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

Records on 01-23 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1800	2
1812	1
1815	1
1823	3
1827	1
1840	1
1845	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1860	1
1867	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	4
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	8
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	5
1904	11
1905	4
1906	49
1907	22
1908	7
1909	60
1910	18
1911	5
1912	8
1913	32
1914	17
1915	30
1916	31
1917	245
1918	69
1919	28
1920	49
1921	38
1922	54
1923	63
1924	79
1925	118
1926	223
1927	262
1928	39
1929	304
1930	697
1931	243
1932	265
1933	757
1934	287
1935	588
1936	1,202
1937	686
1938	335
1939	406
1940	701
1941	345
1942	535
1943	1,200
1944	478
1945	146
1946	417
1947	414
1948	918
1949	705
1950	644
1951	283
1952	498
1953	531
1954	472
1955	568
1956	354
1957	593
1958	259
1959	535
1960	544
1961	529
1962	624
1963	1,366
1964	455
1965	831
1966	973
1967	1,336
1968	547
1969	1,128
1970	1,157
1971	407
1972	695
1973	495
1974	484
1975	457
1976	1,092
1977	629
1978	911
1979	1,109
1980	743
1981	1,387
1982	1,884
1983	845
1984	736
1985	775
1986	611
1987	1,231
1988	741
1989	634
1990	1,376
1991	891
1992	737
1993	1,273
1994	798
1995	991
1996	889
1997	936
1998	724
1999	2,024
2000	1,155
2001	588
2002	1,174
2003	1,269
2004	726
2005	1,207
2006	1,104
2007	1,127
2008	802
2009	1,334
2010	1,284
2011	741
2012	610
2013	764
2014	916
2015	561
2016	1,168
2017	1,089
2018	643
2019	688
2020	896
2021	455
2022	685
2023	567
2024	868
2025	1,016
2026	535

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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 50	458
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	3