Weather Records on 9 July 1960

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1960. Highest significance: Den Helder-1, NL.

Key Facts for 9 July 1960

On 9 July 1960, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 327 daily.
Den Helder-1 set a daily record precipitation of 52.5 mm (2.1 in) on 9 July 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 9 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Sardarshahar	India	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserganj	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohania(Mahania)	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minapur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nohar	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Patti	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Voravakal(Varaka)	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siwan	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 9 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 327.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1960

Top 20 records on 9 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1960	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1960	Sardarshahar, IN	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Clovis, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Chinnar, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Kaiserganj, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Sivaganga, IN	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Amistad 5 SSW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Sivakasi, IN	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Mohania(Mahania), IN	monthly rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Minapur, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Bumberry, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Nohar, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Vardoe, NO	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Kishangarh, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Patti, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1960	Postmyr I Drangedal, NO	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	37 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 332 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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	229
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2