Weather Records on 23 July 1960

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1960. Highest significance: Murchison Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 23 July 1960

On 23 July 1960, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 545 daily.
Murchison Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 23 July 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 23 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ely Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Munjeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vitim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cardabia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaragan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edenholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jingemarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Depot Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cunderdin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marrilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 338.

Records on 23 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	338
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1960

Top 20 records on 23 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1960	Murchison Downs, AU	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1960	Nalbarra, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Ely Park, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Ft Yukon, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Lyndon, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Booylgoo Spring, AU	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Marron, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Wydgee, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Geraldton Town, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Munjeroo, AU	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Kesiary Kaltikri, IN	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Vitim, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Scottville 1 NE, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Billabalong, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1960	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	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

1794 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1960. 1960 had 568 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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Data for records on 1960-07-23: 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 10	330
10 to 20	94
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2