Weather Records on 28 January 1960

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1960. Highest significance: Geneve Observatoire, CH.

Key Facts for 28 January 1960

On 28 January 1960, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 314 daily.
Geneve Observatoire set a daily record precipitation of 41.8 mm (1.6 in) on 28 January 1960.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 28 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Texas Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ubaira (Areia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parksville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
James Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pender Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Picos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garanhuns	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 28 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 28 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 3, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

282 broken records

Margins by which the 282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1960

Top 20 records on 28 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1960	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 January 1960	Mount Molloy Post Office, AU	daily rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Saanichton Cda, CA	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Steveston, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Warmun, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Saltspring Island, CA	all-time rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Shawnigan Lake, CA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Montelimar, FR	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Texas Downs, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Chemainus, CA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Ubaira (Areia), BR	daily rain	82.9 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Parksville, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	James Island, CA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1960	Cameron Lake, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	43 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

1796 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 320 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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	259
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1