Weather Records on 25 January 1960

263 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 January 1960. Highest significance: David City 4E, US.

Key Facts for 25 January 1960

On 25 January 1960, 263 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 261 daily.
David City 4E set a daily record snow depth of 55.9 cm (22.0 in) on 25 January 1960.
Across 154 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

263 stations

263 station records on 25 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bergzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saluda	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

263 records

Records set or tied on 25 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 25 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 25 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

208 broken records

Margins by which the 208 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 January 1960

Top 20 records on 25 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 January 1960	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Esplanada, BR	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Groton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Saint Francis, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	92 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Nashlyn, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
25 January 1960	Innsbruck, AT	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Haxby 18 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	7.0 C (44.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Warden (Mag), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Northport, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	69 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	10 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1960	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	69 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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 263 records.

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

Records on 01-25 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1813	1
1823	3
1834	2
1845	1
1846	2
1849	2
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1867	1
1868	2
1871	3
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	3
1887	2
1890	8
1891	2
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	12
1904	17
1905	19
1906	7
1907	19
1908	7
1909	43
1910	21
1911	16
1912	20
1913	28
1914	60
1915	65
1916	89
1917	42
1918	53
1919	36
1920	61
1921	34
1922	75
1923	218
1924	118
1925	54
1926	80
1927	88
1928	179
1929	323
1930	317
1931	521
1932	219
1933	513
1934	457
1935	631
1936	429
1937	1,110
1938	665
1939	189
1940	1,215
1941	1,246
1942	683
1943	640
1944	1,344
1945	296
1946	320
1947	796
1948	708
1949	1,337
1950	2,290
1951	557
1952	569
1953	548
1954	373
1955	404
1956	311
1957	493
1958	457
1959	399
1960	263
1961	673
1962	492
1963	990
1964	533
1965	246
1966	541
1967	836
1968	592
1969	953
1970	510
1971	679
1972	737
1973	621
1974	685
1975	888
1976	713
1977	773
1978	1,209
1979	1,356
1980	704
1981	1,042
1982	975
1983	627
1984	758
1985	811
1986	406
1987	833
1988	926
1989	895
1990	1,476
1991	1,018
1992	1,077
1993	851
1994	911
1995	845
1996	1,292
1997	913
1998	488
1999	1,457
2000	1,332
2001	603
2002	1,074
2003	1,242
2004	1,174
2005	929
2006	1,112
2007	1,135
2008	823
2009	849
2010	1,222
2011	664
2012	864
2013	839
2014	1,094
2015	685
2016	974
2017	1,008
2018	613
2019	469
2020	459
2021	1,094
2022	281
2023	941
2024	931
2025	958
2026	2,391

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Data for records on 1960-01-25: 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	194
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1