Weather Records on 23 August 1960

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1960. Highest significance: Sikandarabad, IN.

Key Facts for 23 August 1960

On 23 August 1960, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 456 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 766 daily.
Sikandarabad set a daily record precipitation of 131.6 mm (5.2 in) on 23 August 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 23 August 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 August 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sikandarabad	India	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Khurja	India	Record daily precipitation	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangums Store 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazilka	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Michie	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Preston Sugar Factory	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	200.1 mm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hickory 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 305, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 23 August 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	305
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 23 August 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 766.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1960

Top 20 records on 23 August 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1960	Sikandarabad, IN	daily rain	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 August 1960	Khurja, IN	daily rain	157.7 mm (6.2 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Enterprise, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Forest, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Rougemont, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Oakes, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Delhi Sadar, IN	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Deseret, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Edmore 4NW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Badgam, IN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Mangums Store 4 WSW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	New Meadows Rs, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Lamar Rs, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Lima, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	60 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Surgut, RU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Hawthorne AP, US	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1960	Shelby 2 NW, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	37 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

1802 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1960. 1960 had 806 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	609
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1