Weather Records on 7 August 1960

344 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 August 1960. Highest significance: Jamberoo (Lorna), AU.

Key Facts for 7 August 1960

On 7 August 1960, 344 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 331 daily.
Jamberoo (Lorna) set a daily record precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 7 August 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

344 stations

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

Weather records on 7 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalol	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	176.2 mm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

344 records

Records set or tied on 7 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 7 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 331.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

271 broken records

Margins by which the 271 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 August 1960

Top 20 records on 7 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 August 1960	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1960	Antigo, US	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 August 1960	Gerringong (Mayflower Village), AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Pachamba, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Conception, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Hornepayne, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Kalol, IN	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Olands Sodra Udde, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Merrill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Petoskey, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Mosquero 1 NE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Amos, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Hindaun, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Jakutsk, RU	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 August 1960	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1960	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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

1808 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1960. 1960 had 344 records.

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

Records on 08-07 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1812	1
1815	1
1816	1
1817	1
1833	2
1844	1
1845	1
1848	1
1857	3
1858	1
1859	2
1861	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	3
1870	2
1875	1
1876	5
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1889	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1899	1
1900	6
1901	3
1902	5
1903	17
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	10
1908	13
1909	11
1910	1
1911	36
1912	31
1913	39
1914	24
1915	40
1916	50
1917	21
1918	108
1919	36
1920	36
1921	55
1922	61
1923	101
1924	128
1925	81
1926	115
1927	109
1928	188
1929	181
1930	486
1931	357
1932	249
1933	310
1934	608
1935	507
1936	286
1937	446
1938	568
1939	561
1940	271
1941	305
1942	340
1943	601
1944	332
1945	882
1946	500
1947	461
1948	756
1949	587
1950	541
1951	562
1952	556
1953	378
1954	589
1955	536
1956	321
1957	868
1958	571
1959	356
1960	344
1961	356
1962	718
1963	522
1964	446
1965	552
1966	400
1967	701
1968	600
1969	523
1970	652
1971	969
1972	1,172
1973	568
1974	746
1975	1,177
1976	1,168
1977	617
1978	1,210
1979	559
1980	871
1981	855
1982	727
1983	1,207
1984	840
1985	1,088
1986	544
1987	1,146
1988	897
1989	1,472
1990	1,625
1991	1,217
1992	1,236
1993	1,040
1994	1,262
1995	1,521
1996	1,107
1997	1,460
1998	1,183
1999	950
2000	871
2001	1,386
2002	907
2003	1,244
2004	1,400
2005	882
2006	923
2007	1,309
2008	918
2009	1,121
2010	1,098
2011	1,282
2012	688
2013	665
2014	501
2015	1,027
2016	505
2017	954
2018	636
2019	609
2020	605
2021	397
2022	880
2023	1,221
2024	835
2025	733
2026	1,047

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Data for records on 1960-08-07: 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	248
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1