Weather Records on 9 April 1960

623 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 April 1960. Highest significance: Great Western (Seppelt), AU.

Key Facts for 9 April 1960

On 9 April 1960, 623 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 618 daily.
Great Western (Seppelt) set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 April 1960.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

623 stations

623 station records on 9 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ksara	Lebanon	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holenarsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banjar(Saraj-Teh)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

623 records

Records set or tied on 9 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 9 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 9 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 618.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

479 broken records

Margins by which the 479 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 April 1960

Top 20 records on 9 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 April 1960	Great Western (Seppelt), AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 April 1960	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	59 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Ksara, LB	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	4.6 C (40.3 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Fergana, UZ	daily low min	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Colwana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Holenarsipur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Willcox, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Hampton, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Saint Ignatius, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Woodruff, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Durango, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Allegan 5NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 April 1960	Gaylord, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	63 years	27 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 623 records.

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

Records on 04-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	1
1800	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	2
1815	1
1818	1
1839	1
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1869	1
1871	2
1873	1
1877	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	7
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	9
1900	3
1901	8
1902	8
1903	12
1904	15
1905	21
1906	20
1907	21
1908	28
1909	25
1910	19
1911	21
1912	51
1913	16
1914	41
1915	89
1916	85
1917	105
1918	29
1919	67
1920	56
1921	114
1922	140
1923	79
1924	353
1925	129
1926	83
1927	260
1928	395
1929	402
1930	430
1931	193
1932	119
1933	320
1934	310
1935	398
1936	151
1937	172
1938	378
1939	282
1940	214
1941	297
1942	432
1943	752
1944	564
1945	1,055
1946	335
1947	174
1948	365
1949	179
1950	750
1951	304
1952	578
1953	638
1954	239
1955	484
1956	371
1957	502
1958	294
1959	634
1960	623
1961	879
1962	344
1963	390
1964	645
1965	651
1966	466
1967	743
1968	669
1969	898
1970	489
1971	576
1972	1,200
1973	1,695
1974	972
1975	968
1976	347
1977	1,693
1978	921
1979	855
1980	911
1981	785
1982	1,923
1983	1,170
1984	904
1985	1,424
1986	620
1987	604
1988	737
1989	1,402
1990	888
1991	1,545
1992	641
1993	687
1994	511
1995	1,296
1996	1,547
1997	2,686
1998	1,018
1999	1,848
2000	997
2001	1,947
2002	590
2003	1,781
2004	572
2005	998
2006	603
2007	1,412
2008	1,029
2009	802
2010	652
2011	1,480
2012	640
2013	1,245
2014	592
2015	664
2016	974
2017	759
2018	1,306
2019	716
2020	916
2021	642
2022	574
2023	512
2024	1,093
2025	530
2026	517

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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 10	436
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3