Weather Records on 24 June 1960

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 June 1960. Highest significance: Danevang 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 24 June 1960

On 24 June 1960, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 312 daily.
Danevang 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 107.7 mm (4.2 in) on 24 June 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 24 June 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 June 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heaslip	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth Dam 44	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Cabonga	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dholka	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandura	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seguin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 24 June 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 155.

Records on 24 June 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 June 1960 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 312.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

250 broken records

Margins by which the 250 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 June 1960

Top 20 records on 24 June 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 June 1960	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Heaslip, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Shawinigan, CA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Seguin, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Bathurst, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Detour Village, US	all-time rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Port Lavaca 2, US	monthly rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Le Roy, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Leavenworth Dam 44, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Fowlerton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Sorel, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Pithoragarh, IN	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 June 1960	Columbus, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	41 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 320 records.

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

Records on 06-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1803	1
1806	2
1813	1
1821	1
1822	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	2
1856	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1873	1
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	5
1889	4
1892	11
1893	7
1894	4
1895	4
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	4
1902	10
1903	17
1904	10
1905	13
1906	13
1907	28
1908	25
1909	52
1910	21
1911	24
1912	141
1913	36
1914	50
1915	57
1916	57
1917	24
1918	56
1919	32
1920	31
1921	33
1922	46
1923	262
1924	119
1925	220
1926	219
1927	155
1928	275
1929	299
1930	366
1931	668
1932	351
1933	482
1934	390
1935	279
1936	897
1937	473
1938	388
1939	296
1940	534
1941	361
1942	373
1943	293
1944	394
1945	352
1946	384
1947	432
1948	398
1949	360
1950	681
1951	452
1952	798
1953	422
1954	439
1955	327
1956	603
1957	706
1958	583
1959	369
1960	320
1961	603
1962	260
1963	433
1964	365
1965	443
1966	490
1967	613
1968	500
1969	992
1970	536
1971	557
1972	1,204
1973	400
1974	922
1975	798
1976	840
1977	508
1978	582
1979	830
1980	655
1981	767
1982	615
1983	913
1984	732
1985	797
1986	672
1987	805
1988	1,646
1989	733
1990	689
1991	935
1992	1,104
1993	1,054
1994	1,019
1995	751
1996	1,019
1997	854
1998	1,127
1999	815
2000	605
2001	684
2002	864
2003	1,199
2004	946
2005	1,322
2006	789
2007	779
2008	533
2009	935
2010	1,102
2011	845
2012	991
2013	667
2014	460
2015	583
2016	1,245
2017	1,139
2018	459
2019	889
2020	609
2021	929
2022	650
2023	682
2024	784
2025	1,508
2026	927

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Data for records on 1960-06-24: 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	211
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3