Weather Records on 11 April 1960

469 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 April 1960. Highest significance: Donald Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 11 April 1960

On 11 April 1960, 469 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 458 daily.
Donald Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 11 April 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

469 stations

469 station records on 11 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blythe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

469 records

Records set or tied on 11 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 231, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 11 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	231
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 April 1960

Top 20 records on 11 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 April 1960	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Barrage A Lac Kempt, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Stawell, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Pioche, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Jardim, BR	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 April 1960	Williams, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	La Grange 1N, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Rome, US	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Zharkent, KZ	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Fergana, UZ	daily low min	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Toora, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Blythe, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Wytheville, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Fulton, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Morganton, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Weldon, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 April 1960	Moroni, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	28 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

1800 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1960. 1960 had 469 records.

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

Records on 04-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1803	1
1808	1
1809	1
1812	3
1818	1
1831	1
1832	1
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1854	1
1857	1
1863	2
1865	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	4
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1898	7
1899	11
1900	6
1901	4
1902	6
1903	13
1904	12
1905	20
1906	19
1907	7
1908	12
1909	30
1910	19
1911	19
1912	47
1913	48
1914	38
1915	127
1916	64
1917	62
1918	43
1919	42
1920	73
1921	32
1922	140
1923	89
1924	169
1925	197
1926	198
1927	156
1928	220
1929	214
1930	761
1931	185
1932	497
1933	481
1934	246
1935	261
1936	175
1937	245
1938	289
1939	611
1940	932
1941	579
1942	301
1943	546
1944	626
1945	890
1946	383
1947	478
1948	921
1949	402
1950	322
1951	623
1952	502
1953	594
1954	392
1955	610
1956	420
1957	508
1958	473
1959	582
1960	469
1961	532
1962	384
1963	450
1964	255
1965	763
1966	599
1967	757
1968	663
1969	353
1970	522
1971	495
1972	792
1973	1,479
1974	982
1975	851
1976	478
1977	1,231
1978	854
1979	977
1980	399
1981	1,036
1982	1,132
1983	1,040
1984	623
1985	952
1986	1,062
1987	440
1988	1,162
1989	1,931
1990	1,347
1991	1,287
1992	978
1993	722
1994	952
1995	2,134
1996	1,182
1997	3,077
1998	916
1999	1,318
2000	667
2001	1,865
2002	568
2003	1,156
2004	888
2005	930
2006	666
2007	962
2008	1,373
2009	1,102
2010	623
2011	1,664
2012	806
2013	1,482
2014	633
2015	399
2016	534
2017	489
2018	795
2019	812
2020	625
2021	892
2022	1,179
2023	1,036
2024	782
2025	1,177
2026	604

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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 20	356
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1