Weather Records on 14 April 1960

306 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1960. Highest significance: Overbrook 5 SE, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 1960

On 14 April 1960, 306 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 300 daily.
Overbrook 5 SE set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 14 April 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

306 stations

306 station records on 14 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scenic	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warrensburg 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

306 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 23.

Records on 14 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1960

Top 20 records on 14 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1960	Overbrook 5 SE, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Unionville, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Enterprise, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Geneseo, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Nevada Wtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Wapello, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Columbus, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Morrison, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Port Washington, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1960	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1960	Moran, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1960	Lucerne, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1960	Parsons 2 NW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1960	Pryor, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 April 1960	Chandler, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	50 years	31 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

1801 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1960. 1960 had 306 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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 25	219
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1