Weather Records on 30 July 1960

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 July 1960. Highest significance: Bedford Hills, US.

Key Facts for 30 July 1960

On 30 July 1960, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 764 daily.
Bedford Hills set an all-time record daily precipitation of 203.2 mm (8.0 in) on 30 July 1960.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 30 July 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 July 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodcliff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	180.9 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hume Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 30 July 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 382.

Records on 30 July 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 July 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 764.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 July 1960

Top 20 records on 30 July 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 July 1960	Bedford Hills, US	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1960	World Trade Ctr, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1960	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 July 1960	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Jersey City, US	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Weldon, US	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Darbys Falls (Riverslea), AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Layton 3 NW, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	New Brunswick Exp STN, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Raver, IN	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Pemberton, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Mohonk Lake, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1960	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	50 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 793 records.

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

Records on 07-30 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1827	1
1828	2
1829	1
1830	1
1834	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	2
1885	3
1886	5
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	10
1894	6
1895	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	8
1899	2
1900	4
1901	11
1902	6
1903	25
1904	17
1905	29
1906	22
1907	11
1908	23
1909	30
1910	8
1911	54
1912	21
1913	34
1914	52
1915	26
1916	150
1917	93
1918	42
1919	19
1920	188
1921	193
1922	40
1923	428
1924	80
1925	275
1926	186
1927	109
1928	210
1929	221
1930	170
1931	432
1932	275
1933	451
1934	619
1935	340
1936	452
1937	245
1938	388
1939	395
1940	562
1941	371
1942	304
1943	397
1944	289
1945	299
1946	409
1947	394
1948	489
1949	512
1950	552
1951	322
1952	581
1953	345
1954	504
1955	787
1956	506
1957	289
1958	344
1959	391
1960	793
1961	511
1962	378
1963	308
1964	483
1965	978
1966	527
1967	282
1968	530
1969	506
1970	431
1971	2,319
1972	758
1973	434
1974	569
1975	1,048
1976	590
1977	641
1978	646
1979	761
1980	962
1981	851
1982	821
1983	904
1984	997
1985	1,029
1986	952
1987	1,084
1988	826
1989	1,227
1990	795
1991	734
1992	1,003
1993	965
1994	1,631
1995	1,207
1996	1,317
1997	933
1998	1,240
1999	1,456
2000	1,030
2001	1,400
2002	1,346
2003	1,163
2004	936
2005	788
2006	1,103
2007	1,160
2008	763
2009	1,328
2010	1,331
2011	1,003
2012	731
2013	737
2014	1,199
2015	682
2016	460
2017	464
2018	1,038
2019	486
2020	763
2021	839
2022	845
2023	683
2024	705
2025	869
2026	1,001

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Data for records on 1960-07-30: 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	561
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	26
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	1