Weather Records on 31 January 1960

349 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1960. Highest significance: Sapphire (Argyle), AU.

Key Facts for 31 January 1960

On 31 January 1960, 349 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 335 daily.
Sapphire (Argyle) set a daily record precipitation of 93.5 mm (3.7 in) on 31 January 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

349 stations

349 station records on 31 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelirrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wiluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Annean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Korong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Streatham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kathleen Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munjeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bryah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carcross	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Phillip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anketell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarlerweelor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zanthus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ullawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

349 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 223, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 31 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 31 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 335.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1960

Top 20 records on 31 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1960	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Buttah, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Booylgoo Spring, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Yeelirrie, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Sandstone, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Kookynie, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Wiluna, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Annean, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Korong, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Eucla, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Streatham, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Windsor, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Kathleen Valley, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Menangina, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Edenton, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Salisbury, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1960	Bulong, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 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

1800 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1960. 1960 had 349 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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Data for records on 1960-01-31: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 31 January 1960
Margin	Records
0 to 20	244
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3