Weather Records on 7 July 1960

663 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 July 1960. Highest significance: Haskell, US.

Key Facts for 7 July 1960

On 7 July 1960, 663 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 259 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 630 daily.
Haskell set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 7 July 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

663 stations

663 station records on 7 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Arni	India	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vellore	India	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vallam	India	Record daily precipitation	125.1 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kulattur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjavur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamlin 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beberu	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puckapunyal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vijayawada	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sirkali	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Misrikh	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

663 records

Records set or tied on 7 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 121, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 239.

Records on 7 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	121
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

506 broken records

Margins by which the 506 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 July 1960

Top 20 records on 7 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 July 1960	Haskell, US	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1960	Arni, IN	monthly rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1960	Vellore, IN	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 July 1960	Pearl, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Orenburg, RU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Ambur, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Vallam, IN	monthly rain	125.1 mm (4.9 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Elida, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Effingham, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Pee Dee, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Kulattur, IN	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Aspermont, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Chittoor, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Tanjavur, IN	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Meja, IN	daily rain	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Crescent City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 July 1960	Hamlin 1SW, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	44 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 663 records.

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

Records on 07-07 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1812	1
1813	1
1815	1
1819	3
1821	1
1825	1
1828	2
1835	1
1845	1
1850	1
1856	2
1857	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	1
1870	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	1
1877	3
1878	2
1879	1
1883	1
1887	4
1889	2
1890	8
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	14
1901	5
1902	13
1903	10
1904	4
1905	11
1906	12
1907	6
1908	26
1909	22
1910	16
1911	67
1912	31
1913	17
1914	49
1915	72
1916	126
1917	120
1918	42
1919	37
1920	42
1921	65
1922	135
1923	166
1924	166
1925	198
1926	135
1927	184
1928	200
1929	122
1930	332
1931	442
1932	315
1933	337
1934	390
1935	311
1936	795
1937	280
1938	268
1939	359
1940	467
1941	334
1942	516
1943	309
1944	411
1945	299
1946	208
1947	532
1948	404
1949	374
1950	431
1951	416
1952	515
1953	623
1954	622
1955	485
1956	1,170
1957	394
1958	749
1959	391
1960	663
1961	318
1962	294
1963	510
1964	549
1965	388
1966	304
1967	430
1968	624
1969	967
1970	391
1971	467
1972	1,155
1973	1,120
1974	652
1975	571
1976	679
1977	828
1978	794
1979	924
1980	848
1981	1,025
1982	795
1983	1,013
1984	1,044
1985	939
1986	770
1987	728
1988	1,251
1989	1,040
1990	781
1991	1,040
1992	938
1993	1,762
1994	1,394
1995	576
1996	1,218
1997	752
1998	1,382
1999	971
2000	823
2001	983
2002	667
2003	664
2004	1,084
2005	949
2006	1,061
2007	1,067
2008	1,174
2009	930
2010	1,411
2011	749
2012	1,423
2013	549
2014	539
2015	1,263
2016	717
2017	904
2018	550
2019	506
2020	556
2021	930
2022	744
2023	577
2024	1,277
2025	562
2026	522

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Data for records on 1960-07-07: 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	443
20 to 40	37
40 to 60	21
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1