Weather Records on 5 July 1960

515 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 July 1960. Highest significance: Vytegra, RU.

Key Facts for 5 July 1960

On 5 July 1960, 515 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 508 daily.
Vytegra set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 5 July 1960.
Across 170 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

515 stations

515 station records on 5 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Jaswantpura	India	Record daily precipitation	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hagansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Derapur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sirohi	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naples 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Post	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	43.8 C (110.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hassanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karwi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bari	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spur	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

515 records

Records set or tied on 5 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 198, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 5 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	198
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 July 1960

Top 20 records on 5 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 July 1960	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 July 1960	Jaswantpura, IN	daily rain	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Tahoka, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Springer, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Newkirk, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Obar, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Hagansport, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Clovis, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Crosbyton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	7.7 C (45.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	90 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 July 1960	Derapur, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Porter 2 E, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Brackettville, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Lamesa 1 SSE, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Sherghati, IN	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Sirohi, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 1960	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	71 years	32 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 515 records.

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

Records on 07-05 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1806	1
1816	1
1819	2
1822	1
1828	2
1835	1
1839	1
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1852	1
1856	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	2
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	6
1882	2
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	6
1891	2
1892	2
1893	4
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	8
1901	8
1902	11
1903	6
1904	4
1905	9
1906	25
1907	12
1908	10
1909	22
1910	33
1911	46
1912	12
1913	23
1914	56
1915	75
1916	37
1917	32
1918	30
1919	40
1920	206
1921	75
1922	66
1923	67
1924	112
1925	108
1926	183
1927	206
1928	185
1929	224
1930	233
1931	395
1932	344
1933	335
1934	505
1935	242
1936	714
1937	340
1938	328
1939	398
1940	352
1941	309
1942	443
1943	418
1944	438
1945	244
1946	273
1947	815
1948	655
1949	444
1950	480
1951	635
1952	341
1953	532
1954	417
1955	437
1956	499
1957	491
1958	634
1959	318
1960	515
1961	604
1962	324
1963	642
1964	421
1965	298
1966	305
1967	923
1968	828
1969	822
1970	552
1971	431
1972	1,580
1973	766
1974	488
1975	806
1976	639
1977	740
1978	804
1979	919
1980	557
1981	914
1982	981
1983	841
1984	832
1985	695
1986	1,155
1987	665
1988	1,828
1989	930
1990	1,103
1991	936
1992	937
1993	1,383
1994	1,137
1995	1,243
1996	1,130
1997	962
1998	957
1999	1,838
2000	729
2001	1,153
2002	892
2003	646
2004	853
2005	797
2006	974
2007	1,206
2008	779
2009	946
2010	1,085
2011	696
2012	1,356
2013	768
2014	420
2015	1,303
2016	932
2017	619
2018	754
2019	742
2020	416
2021	639
2022	855
2023	688
2024	1,030
2025	632
2026	505

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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 20	356
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1