Weather Records on 4 April 1960

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1960. Highest significance: Radford 5 SW, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1960

On 4 April 1960, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 746 daily.
Radford 5 SW set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 4 April 1960.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 4 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg North	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canajoharie	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Grove 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arbovale 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoffmeister 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graterford	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1960

Top 20 records on 4 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1960	Radford 5 SW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1960	Gloversville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Montrose, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Salisbury, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Newton, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Anadia, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Keene, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Harrisburg North, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Canajoharie, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Scranton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Hinckley 2 SW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	West Grove 1 SE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	New Berlin, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Dublin, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Searsburg Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1960	Arbovale 2, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 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

1794 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 756 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1960-04-04: 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 4 April 1960
Margin	Records
0 to 10	494
10 to 20	61
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	1