Weather Records on 12 September 1960

772 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1960. Highest significance: Scotland Neck, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 1960

On 12 September 1960, 772 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 708 daily.
Scotland Neck set a daily record precipitation of 136.4 mm (5.4 in) on 12 September 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 411 records.

Record Map

772 stations

772 station records on 12 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roebling	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	248.4 mm (9.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Menangina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pauta Amaria	India	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

772 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 521.

Records on 12 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	521
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 57, daily 708.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

676 broken records

Margins by which the 676 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1960

Top 20 records on 12 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1960	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Cape May 2 NW, US	monthly rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	78 years	66 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Goomalling, AU	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	167.4 mm (6.6 in)	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Denton 2 E, US	all-time rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Phoenixville 1 E, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Saint John, CA	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Clayton, US	daily rain	164.8 mm (6.5 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Newark Ag Farm, US	monthly rain	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Grafton, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Pocomoke City, US	monthly rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1960	Elkton, US	monthly rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1960	Storrs, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1960	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1960	Easton, US	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1960	Warwick, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 years	58 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 772 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 25	492
25 to 50	95
50 to 75	45
75 to 100	31
100 to 125	9
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	1