Weather Records on 14 August 1960

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1960. Highest significance: Edna 3 SW, US.

Key Facts for 14 August 1960

On 14 August 1960, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 198 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 406 daily.
Edna 3 SW set a daily record precipitation of 107.2 mm (4.2 in) on 14 August 1960.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 14 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainswal	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Natchitoches	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coniston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheopur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 123.

Records on 14 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 406.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

314 broken records

Margins by which the 314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1960

Top 20 records on 14 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1960	Edna 3 SW, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Landsort, SE	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Orai, IN	all-time rain	223.5 mm (8.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Jhansi, IN	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Astana, KZ	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Minsk, BY	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1960	Moth, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1960	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1960	Louisville, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	34 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 414 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	291
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1