Weather Records on 19 April 1960

216 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1960. Highest significance: Dhaneta, IN.

Key Facts for 19 April 1960

On 19 April 1960, 216 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 213 daily.
Dhaneta set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 19 April 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

216 stations

216 station records on 19 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dhaneta	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fortland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eversfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilhaur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sepao	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lingasugur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohad	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohana	India	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bijaypur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sandy	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathankot	India	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zima	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anderleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kairana	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

216 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 19 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1960

Top 20 records on 19 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1960	Dhaneta, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Ferrara, IT	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Fortland, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Devanhalli, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1960	Port Alberni, CA	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Tunnel Camp, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Vantipura, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	50 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	62 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Eversfield, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Holyoke, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	58 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Booyal Central State School, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Britannia Beach Furry Cr, CA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Pocomoke City, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	55 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
19 April 1960	Pemberton, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	23 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

1807 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1960. 1960 had 216 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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	143
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1