Weather Records on 4 June 1960

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1960. Highest significance: Clarence Town (Grey St), AU.

Key Facts for 4 June 1960

On 4 June 1960, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 380 daily.
Clarence Town (Grey St) set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 4 June 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

385 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bahadurganj	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Devanhalli	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 83.

Records on 4 June 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 June 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 380.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1960

Top 20 records on 4 June 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1960	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Cavendish, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Winthrop UNIV, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Dungog Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Nacogdoches, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Springfield, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Glomfjord, NO	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Riverton, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1960	Amherst, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	34 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

1796 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 385 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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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	244
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1