Weather Records on 30 March 1960

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1960. Highest significance: La Grange 1N, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1960

On 30 March 1960, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 421 daily.
La Grange 1N set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 30 March 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 30 March 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Juazeiro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landrum 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rexton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Springville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 March 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 March 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 158.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1960

Top 20 records on 30 March 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1960	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	68 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1960	Rio Do Braco (Efic), BR	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1960	Highland Home, US	daily rain	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Higgins Lake, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Columbia UNIV of Sc, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Oeiras, BR	daily rain	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	82.7 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Kingstree, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Augusta, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Butler, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Greenville, US	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Havana, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Riddle, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Dahlonega 4WSW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Ft Valley 2 E, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1960	Princeville, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 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 431 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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Data for records on 1960-03-30: 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 20	319
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2