Weather Records on 16 June 1960

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 June 1960. Highest significance: Winchendon, US.

Key Facts for 16 June 1960

On 16 June 1960, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 472 daily.
Winchendon set a daily record precipitation of 93.7 mm (3.7 in) on 16 June 1960.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 16 June 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 June 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sodam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dungargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rajgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McIntyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvallur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jawad	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ajmer	India	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timboon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jodhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sanand	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 16 June 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 242.

Records on 16 June 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 June 1960 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

395 broken records

Margins by which the 395 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 June 1960

Top 20 records on 16 June 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 June 1960	Winchendon, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1960	Saidapet, IN	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 June 1960	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Sodam, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Amos, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Dungargarh, IN	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Petersham 3 N, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Lakeport 2, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Rajgarh, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Mount McIntyre, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Tiruvallur, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Ukiah, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Keene, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 June 1960	Diablo Dam, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 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

1794 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 482 records.

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

Records on 06-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1807	1
1822	1
1839	1
1840	2
1841	1
1844	1
1846	1
1853	1
1856	1
1857	2
1858	2
1866	1
1867	3
1869	2
1870	2
1874	1
1880	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	13
1903	11
1904	7
1905	9
1906	17
1907	17
1908	46
1909	7
1910	11
1911	18
1912	33
1913	41
1914	49
1915	26
1916	72
1917	71
1918	36
1919	189
1920	85
1921	50
1922	53
1923	115
1924	159
1925	207
1926	122
1927	361
1928	97
1929	193
1930	412
1931	250
1932	146
1933	477
1934	258
1935	301
1936	362
1937	260
1938	381
1939	602
1940	360
1941	239
1942	398
1943	648
1944	530
1945	980
1946	602
1947	348
1948	560
1949	541
1950	495
1951	276
1952	943
1953	428
1954	524
1955	628
1956	434
1957	751
1958	511
1959	389
1960	482
1961	1,345
1962	405
1963	491
1964	713
1965	940
1966	414
1967	529
1968	326
1969	870
1970	443
1971	465
1972	606
1973	564
1974	915
1975	302
1976	733
1977	466
1978	535
1979	585
1980	685
1981	1,500
1982	777
1983	818
1984	584
1985	744
1986	747
1987	1,400
1988	813
1989	1,310
1990	647
1991	851
1992	872
1993	695
1994	1,219
1995	1,674
1996	723
1997	1,104
1998	1,828
1999	1,012
2000	934
2001	606
2002	979
2003	569
2004	783
2005	740
2006	754
2007	1,001
2008	579
2009	729
2010	931
2011	890
2012	706
2013	407
2014	329
2015	988
2016	772
2017	620
2018	932
2019	560
2020	819
2021	1,652
2022	1,237
2023	637
2024	606
2025	676
2026	1,114

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Data for records on 1960-06-16: 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	360
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1