Weather Records on 21 April 1960

889 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1960. Highest significance: Durdidwarrah, AU.

Key Facts for 21 April 1960

On 21 April 1960, 889 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 859 daily.
Durdidwarrah set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 21 April 1960.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

889 stations

889 station records on 21 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Plains (Metala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eberys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Vincent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cudal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eltham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

889 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 154, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 553, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 21 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	154
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	553
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 21 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

767 broken records

Margins by which the 767 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1960

Top 20 records on 21 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1960	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	73 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Liffey, AU	all-time rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Ballan, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	San Remo, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Cape Schanck Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 April 1960	Normanville, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Essendon 1, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Anakie, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Bannockburn, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Lake Plains (Metala), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1960	Edithburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	57 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 889 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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Data for records on 1960-04-21: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	683
20 to 40	68
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1