Weather Records on 3 July 1960

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 July 1960. Highest significance: Renmark Irrigation, AU.

Key Facts for 3 July 1960

On 3 July 1960, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 690 daily.
Renmark Irrigation set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 3 July 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 3 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Renmark Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkadene (Murtho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meringur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Wonnaminta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pandappa Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berri Irrigation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chowilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porbandar	India	Record daily precipitation	222.4 mm (8.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Victoria Storage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merrinee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alawoona (Schells Well)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrabit R.W.C.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	287.8 mm (11.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	128.2 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neds Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pira Wild Horse Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paringa (Beardy Park Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nandaly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Veraval	India	Record daily precipitation	301.6 mm (11.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.9 mm (4.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alattur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 3 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 499.

Records on 3 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

627 broken records

Margins by which the 627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 July 1960

Top 20 records on 3 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 July 1960	Renmark Irrigation, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Lake Charm, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Overland Corner, AU	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Kingston on Murray, AU	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Wilkadene (Murtho), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Meringur, AU	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	White Cliffs (Wonnaminta), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Swan Hill Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Pandappa Homestead, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Taldra, AU	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Brahmapuri, IN	daily rain	214.0 mm (8.4 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Hallett (Ketchowla), AU	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Berri Irrigation, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Teryawynia, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Chowilla, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Nyah, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Cornelia Creek Station, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 July 1960	Porbandar, IN	daily rain	222.4 mm (8.8 in)	186.1 mm (7.3 in)	1 year	46 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 717 records.

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

Records on 07-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1806	1
1812	1
1816	1
1825	1
1827	1
1836	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1855	1
1856	2
1857	3
1858	2
1863	1
1864	2
1870	3
1871	2
1872	2
1874	5
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1883	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	5
1899	3
1900	5
1901	1
1902	6
1903	6
1904	21
1905	19
1906	12
1907	38
1908	18
1909	30
1910	17
1911	61
1912	36
1913	16
1914	55
1915	29
1916	28
1917	67
1918	55
1919	27
1920	179
1921	68
1922	73
1923	244
1924	290
1925	136
1926	140
1927	281
1928	84
1929	315
1930	581
1931	450
1932	326
1933	467
1934	396
1935	275
1936	523
1937	266
1938	294
1939	250
1940	383
1941	395
1942	428
1943	404
1944	498
1945	203
1946	243
1947	466
1948	242
1949	572
1950	479
1951	355
1952	346
1953	584
1954	384
1955	447
1956	528
1957	589
1958	414
1959	240
1960	717
1961	491
1962	547
1963	424
1964	896
1965	370
1966	780
1967	801
1968	729
1969	555
1970	605
1971	472
1972	986
1973	666
1974	685
1975	678
1976	888
1977	362
1978	1,268
1979	738
1980	959
1981	685
1982	913
1983	861
1984	738
1985	766
1986	1,183
1987	706
1988	1,100
1989	962
1990	1,197
1991	993
1992	1,371
1993	804
1994	950
1995	1,024
1996	872
1997	1,071
1998	862
1999	1,228
2000	667
2001	1,222
2002	1,251
2003	775
2004	767
2005	735
2006	943
2007	977
2008	839
2009	1,030
2010	1,310
2011	979
2012	933
2013	1,166
2014	661
2015	1,216
2016	785
2017	451
2018	923
2019	495
2020	378
2021	873
2022	737
2023	595
2024	670
2025	865
2026	1,036

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Data for records on 1960-07-03: 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 25	606
25 to 50	11
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1