Weather Records on 14 September 1960

599 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 September 1960. Highest significance: Longerenong, AU.

Key Facts for 14 September 1960

On 14 September 1960, 599 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 589 daily.
Longerenong set a daily record precipitation of 32.5 mm (1.3 in) on 14 September 1960.
Across 159 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

599 stations

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

Weather records on 14 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Marnoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tumkur	India	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Konnongorring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheep Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Drung Drung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	204.1 mm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kinnabulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yanac North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rupanyup (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pigick)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yanga (Warne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lonsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasighat	India	Record daily precipitation	217.0 mm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill (Woorak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haripad	India	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

599 records

Records set or tied on 14 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 427.

Records on 14 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	427
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 589.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 145.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 September 1960

Top 20 records on 14 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 September 1960	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1960	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1960	Glenloth Shingle Hut Hmsd, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1960	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 September 1960	Nhill, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Murtoa, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Marnoo, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Tumkur, IN	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Konnongorring, AU	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Sheep Hills, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Drung Drung, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Warmur West, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Charlton Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Natte Yallock, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Shillong, IN	daily rain	204.1 mm (8.0 in)	145.2 mm (5.7 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Kinnabulla, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Minyip (Post Office), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Balranald (Rsl), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 September 1960	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	49 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

1814 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1960. 1960 had 599 records.

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

Records on 09-14 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1828	1
1830	1
1831	1
1833	1
1835	1
1837	3
1848	1
1854	1
1861	1
1867	2
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1886	5
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	2
1900	2
1901	11
1902	12
1903	34
1904	13
1905	12
1906	14
1907	7
1908	16
1909	31
1910	9
1911	61
1912	50
1913	36
1914	31
1915	116
1916	13
1917	30
1918	35
1919	166
1920	108
1921	38
1922	77
1923	279
1924	95
1925	206
1926	49
1927	455
1928	116
1929	185
1930	197
1931	652
1932	211
1933	365
1934	181
1935	636
1936	609
1937	406
1938	335
1939	1,007
1940	415
1941	227
1942	186
1943	281
1944	293
1945	691
1946	379
1947	718
1948	504
1949	640
1950	327
1951	422
1952	469
1953	680
1954	275
1955	469
1956	479
1957	490
1958	254
1959	702
1960	599
1961	956
1962	339
1963	592
1964	658
1965	640
1966	888
1967	355
1968	369
1969	429
1970	1,351
1971	549
1972	409
1973	854
1974	622
1975	880
1976	547
1977	572
1978	663
1979	957
1980	543
1981	486
1982	1,012
1983	623
1984	855
1985	736
1986	716
1987	856
1988	781
1989	1,127
1990	1,088
1991	999
1992	677
1993	2,279
1994	1,143
1995	904
1996	1,091
1997	786
1998	2,049
1999	854
2000	997
2001	813
2002	899
2003	821
2004	762
2005	878
2006	1,009
2007	672
2008	1,437
2009	843
2010	938
2011	1,132
2012	634
2013	760
2014	758
2015	888
2016	1,387
2017	677
2018	632
2019	524
2020	671
2021	419
2022	612
2023	507
2024	838
2025	527
2026	783

Download the Data

Data for records on 1960-09-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	502
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1