Weather Records on 15 August 1960

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 August 1960. Highest significance: Warwick, US.

Key Facts for 15 August 1960

On 15 August 1960, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 407 daily.
Warwick set a daily record precipitation of 96.5 mm (3.8 in) on 15 August 1960.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 15 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	255.2 mm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jagnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Duved	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White Rock Campbell Scientific	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dantan	India	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljunga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khitoli	India	Record daily precipitation	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murwara(Kathi)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reasi	India	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 15 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 15 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 August 1960

Top 20 records on 15 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 August 1960	Warwick, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 August 1960	Balasore, IN	monthly rain	255.2 mm (10.0 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Jagnathpur, IN	daily rain	174.5 mm (6.9 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Bull Harbour, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Kenton, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Duved, SE	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Khibiny, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Ljusnedal, SE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	White Rock Campbell Scientific, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Dantan, IN	monthly rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Blanco, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Falun, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Zacatecas (Smn), MX	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Ljunga, SE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 August 1960	Khitoli, IN	daily rain	155.2 mm (6.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 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 417 records.

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

Records on 08-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1802	1
1805	1
1812	1
1821	1
1838	2
1839	1
1841	1
1844	1
1845	3
1852	1
1854	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	3
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1895	1
1896	9
1897	3
1898	1
1899	2
1900	6
1901	5
1902	10
1903	5
1904	17
1905	26
1906	8
1907	14
1908	15
1909	30
1910	16
1911	26
1912	34
1913	42
1914	11
1915	26
1916	223
1917	32
1918	23
1919	22
1920	59
1921	55
1922	86
1923	116
1924	220
1925	91
1926	115
1927	223
1928	271
1929	586
1930	274
1931	351
1932	368
1933	268
1934	992
1935	414
1936	867
1937	574
1938	681
1939	450
1940	372
1941	289
1942	377
1943	426
1944	610
1945	433
1946	285
1947	559
1948	366
1949	559
1950	317
1951	597
1952	596
1953	449
1954	481
1955	539
1956	390
1957	355
1958	1,092
1959	515
1960	417
1961	704
1962	1,052
1963	972
1964	1,185
1965	535
1966	340
1967	687
1968	1,002
1969	583
1970	382
1971	899
1972	613
1973	499
1974	512
1975	490
1976	1,345
1977	550
1978	841
1979	1,788
1980	745
1981	588
1982	479
1983	955
1984	622
1985	915
1986	1,283
1987	1,098
1988	1,479
1989	495
1990	758
1991	778
1992	1,638
1993	831
1994	1,073
1995	1,298
1996	929
1997	927
1998	861
1999	956
2000	932
2001	1,254
2002	1,307
2003	1,248
2004	1,424
2005	1,067
2006	923
2007	1,317
2008	964
2009	1,038
2010	1,622
2011	770
2012	654
2013	711
2014	583
2015	759
2016	707
2017	532
2018	328
2019	435
2020	1,327
2021	900
2022	692
2023	1,414
2024	729
2025	772
2026	975

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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	295
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1