Weather Records on 10 August 1960

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1960. Highest significance: Waxahachie, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1960

On 10 August 1960, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 451 daily.
Waxahachie set a daily record precipitation of 97.8 mm (3.9 in) on 10 August 1960.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 10 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waxahachie	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jatusana	India	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brent Dam 36	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rewari	India	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Fernbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Obar	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kishangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nadhai	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carr Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 173.

Records on 10 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1960

Top 20 records on 10 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1960	Waxahachie, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1960	Jatusana, IN	monthly rain	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Srinagar, IN	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Eastbourne, GB	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Mehgaon, IN	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Winnsboro 5 SSE, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Auburn, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Arthur City, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Bugulma, RU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Ajo, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Brent Dam 36, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Oxford, GB	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	114 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Rewari, IN	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Cincinnati Fernbank, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Eden, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1960	Katangi, IN	daily rain	182.8 mm (7.2 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	41 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

1814 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1960. 1960 had 470 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1960-08-10: 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	312
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3