Weather Records on 9 September 1960

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1960. Highest significance: Cooma (Carlaminda), AU.

Key Facts for 9 September 1960

On 9 September 1960, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 480 daily.
Cooma (Carlaminda) set a daily record precipitation of 60.5 mm (2.4 in) on 9 September 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 9 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Erick	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pampa Wb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pambula Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bermagui South (Young Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wulgulmerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Captains Flat (Foxlow St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tyrone Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpipla(Nandod)	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Krawarree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darbys Falls (Riverslea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sangola	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Svirica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Supply 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 9 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 480.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

403 broken records

Margins by which the 403 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1960

Top 20 records on 9 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1960	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1960	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
9 September 1960	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Erick, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Pampa Wb AP, US	monthly rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Pambula Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Pearlington, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Penrose, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Bermagui South (Young Street), AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Wulgulmerang, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Captains Flat (Foxlow St), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Bumberry, AU	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Borio, IN	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Tripoli Sidi El Mesri, LY	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1960	Tripoli City, LY	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 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

1806 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1960. 1960 had 492 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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 10	317
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1