Weather Records on 4 May 1960

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 May 1960. Highest significance: Ambasamudram, IN.

Key Facts for 4 May 1960

On 4 May 1960, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 437 daily.
Ambasamudram set a daily record precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 4 May 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 430 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 4 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brentwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nanguneri	India	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Medha	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ayikudi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burrwood Wb	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kadayam	India	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ernakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Munnar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 4 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 333, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 4 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 437.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 May 1960

Top 20 records on 4 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 May 1960	Ambasamudram, IN	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1960	Thamaraikulam, IN	monthly rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 May 1960	Sherthala, IN	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Brentwood Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Adur, IN	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	136.3 mm (5.4 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Itaete (Iguacu), BR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Kottaram, IN	all-time rain	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Nanguneri, IN	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Millicent, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Medha, IN	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Ayikudi, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	McPherson, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Burrwood Wb, US	daily rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 May 1960	Pattanamphitta, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	43 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

1795 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 443 records.

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

Records on 05-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1820	1
1836	2
1840	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	2
1852	1
1856	3
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1902	5
1903	8
1904	8
1905	19
1906	5
1907	37
1908	18
1909	13
1910	14
1911	37
1912	12
1913	63
1914	21
1915	75
1916	57
1917	60
1918	30
1919	69
1920	43
1921	62
1922	283
1923	82
1924	88
1925	80
1926	230
1927	112
1928	205
1929	177
1930	269
1931	169
1932	104
1933	274
1934	456
1935	518
1936	313
1937	230
1938	445
1939	295
1940	602
1941	436
1942	820
1943	358
1944	872
1945	654
1946	463
1947	649
1948	578
1949	1,130
1950	953
1951	292
1952	698
1953	389
1954	1,045
1955	471
1956	433
1957	433
1958	414
1959	613
1960	443
1961	466
1962	265
1963	313
1964	570
1965	433
1966	1,113
1967	928
1968	304
1969	377
1970	454
1971	810
1972	364
1973	313
1974	367
1975	683
1976	554
1977	736
1978	1,016
1979	1,529
1980	511
1981	667
1982	591
1983	539
1984	885
1985	821
1986	1,128
1987	1,004
1988	591
1989	743
1990	1,461
1991	1,088
1992	933
1993	791
1994	821
1995	974
1996	1,298
1997	962
1998	898
1999	1,167
2000	1,398
2001	1,345
2002	1,343
2003	1,158
2004	1,341
2005	1,152
2006	650
2007	699
2008	624
2009	727
2010	999
2011	1,023
2012	1,343
2013	1,447
2014	602
2015	622
2016	463
2017	669
2018	972
2019	574
2020	504
2021	616
2022	470
2023	681
2024	885
2025	456
2026	554

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Data for records on 1960-05-04: 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 2026-10-17 (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	348
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	5