Weather Records on 11 August 1960

461 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 August 1960. Highest significance: Matagorda #2, US.

Key Facts for 11 August 1960

On 11 August 1960, 461 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 455 daily.
Matagorda #2 set a daily record precipitation of 114.8 mm (4.5 in) on 11 August 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

461 stations

461 station records on 11 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Begumganj	India	Record daily precipitation	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wildersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vega 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

461 records

Records set or tied on 11 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 133.

Records on 11 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

336 broken records

Margins by which the 336 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 August 1960

Top 20 records on 11 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 August 1960	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Snyder, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Tallulah, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Begumganj, IN	daily rain	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	105.1 mm (4.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Wisley, GB	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Dilley, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Floresville, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Vicksburg, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Fayette, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Cuero, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Three Rivers, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Vernon, US	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Clarendon, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	monthly low max	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	59 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Landsort, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 August 1960	Nandigram, IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 years	35 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 461 records.

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

Records on 08-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1811	1
1815	2
1838	1
1839	1
1841	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	6
1865	1
1866	6
1869	4
1871	1
1875	1
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1885	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	5
1897	3
1898	2
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	13
1903	12
1904	19
1905	9
1906	6
1907	8
1908	10
1909	41
1910	9
1911	24
1912	46
1913	43
1914	26
1915	27
1916	64
1917	217
1918	29
1919	18
1920	54
1921	201
1922	98
1923	80
1924	149
1925	219
1926	140
1927	190
1928	174
1929	354
1930	471
1931	453
1932	281
1933	416
1934	620
1935	499
1936	541
1937	356
1938	315
1939	389
1940	359
1941	807
1942	390
1943	345
1944	936
1945	401
1946	419
1947	709
1948	306
1949	471
1950	320
1951	296
1952	417
1953	283
1954	536
1955	319
1956	457
1957	305
1958	494
1959	337
1960	461
1961	429
1962	662
1963	493
1964	677
1965	793
1966	1,037
1967	1,071
1968	619
1969	533
1970	526
1971	711
1972	823
1973	451
1974	596
1975	753
1976	529
1977	845
1978	433
1979	797
1980	929
1981	645
1982	1,232
1983	1,095
1984	822
1985	804
1986	563
1987	885
1988	1,119
1989	983
1990	760
1991	822
1992	928
1993	840
1994	1,173
1995	1,324
1996	1,147
1997	1,512
1998	1,232
1999	1,152
2000	924
2001	811
2002	1,152
2003	1,601
2004	1,478
2005	1,031
2006	896
2007	1,428
2008	945
2009	836
2010	2,289
2011	1,106
2012	953
2013	470
2014	556
2015	696
2016	1,340
2017	619
2018	861
2019	758
2020	688
2021	834
2022	661
2023	757
2024	643
2025	722
2026	765

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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	304
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1