Weather Records on 21 June 1960

471 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1960. Highest significance: Rockville, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 1960

On 21 June 1960, 471 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 215 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 458 daily.
Rockville set a daily record precipitation of 98.3 mm (3.9 in) on 21 June 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

471 stations

471 station records on 21 June 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fortland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

471 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 150, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 21 June 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	150
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1960 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 458.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

359 broken records

Margins by which the 359 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1960

Top 20 records on 21 June 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1960	Rockville, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Holdrege, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Anderson, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Milan, IT	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	156 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Table.Mtn Woodhead Tunnel, ZA	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Elberton 2 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Mowbray, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Pana, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Groot Constantia, ZA	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Culbertson, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Evanston 1 E, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Cape Town Fire Station, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1960	Minden, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1960	New Bern 3 NW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1960	Poplar 2 E, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1960	Grace, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 June 1960	Preston Sugar Factory, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	34 years	31 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

1802 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 471 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	316
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1