Weather Records on 27 July 1960

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1960. Highest significance: Mantova, IT.

Key Facts for 27 July 1960

On 27 July 1960, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 377 daily.
Mantova set a daily record precipitation of 50.4 mm (2.0 in) on 27 July 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 27 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duved	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coringa(Corinza)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandyal	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record low maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Navsari	India	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoult Lock 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 125.

Records on 27 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

287 broken records

Margins by which the 287 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1960

Top 20 records on 27 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1960	Mantova, IT	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1960	Konnongorring, AU	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1960	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Newport News Press Bld, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Pardi, IN	daily rain	243.1 mm (9.6 in)	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Duved, SE	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Caesars Head, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Dunlap, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Warwick, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Albanel, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Chimur, IN	monthly rain	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Corry, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1960	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	38 years	36 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

1805 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1960. 1960 had 385 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1960-07-27: 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	258
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2