Weather Records on 17 May 1960

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 May 1960. Highest significance: Hukeri, IN.

Key Facts for 17 May 1960

On 17 May 1960, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 394 daily.
Hukeri set a daily record precipitation of 83.3 mm (3.3 in) on 17 May 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 17 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Udipi	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vaniyambadi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 17 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 17 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 93.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 May 1960

Top 20 records on 17 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 May 1960	Hukeri, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 May 1960	Dhulia, IN	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Colac Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Guhagar, IN	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Nelamangala, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	11 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Parner, IN	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Fairmont, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Udipi, IN	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Jindivick, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	St Walburg, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Krishnagiri, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Blair, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Sikar, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Miami, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Marinette, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 May 1960	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily low max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	47 years	35 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

1802 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 402 records.

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

Records on 05-17 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1808	1
1816	1
1834	1
1837	1
1839	1
1847	2
1848	1
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	2
1864	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	2
1874	4
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	2
1883	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1891	8
1892	4
1893	3
1895	8
1896	2
1897	3
1898	6
1899	7
1900	12
1901	2
1902	3
1903	9
1904	12
1905	10
1906	22
1907	10
1908	5
1909	33
1910	16
1911	30
1912	16
1913	24
1914	24
1915	53
1916	49
1917	18
1918	56
1919	35
1920	46
1921	50
1922	30
1923	95
1924	80
1925	326
1926	133
1927	264
1928	127
1929	168
1930	421
1931	201
1932	288
1933	365
1934	373
1935	341
1936	270
1937	183
1938	340
1939	285
1940	338
1941	408
1942	589
1943	855
1944	521
1945	799
1946	586
1947	249
1948	412
1949	544
1950	371
1951	373
1952	777
1953	441
1954	298
1955	570
1956	1,166
1957	469
1958	331
1959	488
1960	402
1961	291
1962	1,325
1963	368
1964	417
1965	462
1966	489
1967	644
1968	564
1969	638
1970	711
1971	723
1972	610
1973	1,016
1974	1,302
1975	365
1976	426
1977	1,078
1978	872
1979	459
1980	768
1981	940
1982	476
1983	1,326
1984	925
1985	561
1986	921
1987	1,054
1988	1,096
1989	1,307
1990	1,135
1991	1,237
1992	1,025
1993	495
1994	858
1995	1,734
1996	1,706
1997	1,619
1998	1,080
1999	795
2000	825
2001	960
2002	964
2003	1,127
2004	769
2005	784
2006	1,522
2007	742
2008	1,309
2009	1,050
2010	880
2011	1,483
2012	711
2013	739
2014	1,062
2015	824
2016	741
2017	1,302
2018	726
2019	686
2020	496
2021	443
2022	479
2023	385
2024	566
2025	928
2026	745

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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	295
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1