Weather Records on 20 May 1960

612 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 May 1960. Highest significance: Mena, US.

Key Facts for 20 May 1960

On 20 May 1960, 612 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 602 daily.
Mena set a daily record precipitation of 122.9 mm (4.8 in) on 20 May 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

612 stations

612 station records on 20 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randle 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scenic	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laurier	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tatlayoko Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scenic	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muddebihal	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eadine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kangayam	India	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

612 records

Records set or tied on 20 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 119, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 20 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	119
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 20 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 May 1960

Top 20 records on 20 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 May 1960	Mena, US	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Dahiwadi, IN	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	San Diego de la Union, MX	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Cape Race (Aut), CA	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Snoqualmie Pass, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Beaverlodge Cda, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Smithville, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Brownsville, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Lake Keechelus, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Newdegate, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Newport, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Wattening, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Soledad de Doblado, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Randle 1 E, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 May 1960	Perryville, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	38 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 612 records.

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

Records on 05-20 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	1
1804	1
1815	1
1825	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	3
1847	1
1854	1
1858	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	3
1871	2
1876	2
1877	3
1879	1
1880	2
1884	2
1885	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	3
1893	1
1894	6
1895	3
1896	3
1897	3
1898	4
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	19
1904	4
1905	4
1906	22
1907	35
1908	23
1909	10
1910	20
1911	82
1912	20
1913	10
1914	16
1915	42
1916	29
1917	46
1918	92
1919	56
1920	44
1921	234
1922	40
1923	125
1924	189
1925	251
1926	128
1927	118
1928	138
1929	323
1930	129
1931	451
1932	689
1933	449
1934	582
1935	259
1936	207
1937	270
1938	331
1939	266
1940	337
1941	378
1942	337
1943	802
1944	315
1945	498
1946	339
1947	358
1948	514
1949	586
1950	327
1951	288
1952	615
1953	518
1954	822
1955	421
1956	565
1957	728
1958	378
1959	785
1960	612
1961	333
1962	773
1963	732
1964	517
1965	200
1966	416
1967	587
1968	743
1969	885
1970	310
1971	653
1972	612
1973	419
1974	893
1975	1,332
1976	837
1977	553
1978	534
1979	683
1980	751
1981	1,540
1982	554
1983	1,307
1984	867
1985	426
1986	790
1987	1,036
1988	805
1989	764
1990	722
1991	925
1992	1,200
1993	1,208
1994	778
1995	734
1996	1,749
1997	1,106
1998	1,124
1999	673
2000	991
2001	847
2002	2,299
2003	1,201
2004	746
2005	929
2006	1,006
2007	565
2008	999
2009	1,529
2010	1,011
2011	1,117
2012	604
2013	919
2014	629
2015	1,001
2016	692
2017	1,214
2018	460
2019	1,483
2020	784
2021	904
2022	1,643
2023	1,106
2024	478
2025	969
2026	696

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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	470
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1