Weather Records on 17 September 1960

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1960. Highest significance: Valley Head, US.

Key Facts for 17 September 1960

On 17 September 1960, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 376 daily.
Valley Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 136.7 mm (5.4 in) on 17 September 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 17 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Munfordville 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville Lock 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bagewadi	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Athipettu	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouyen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madhugiri	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 17 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 376.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

325 broken records

Margins by which the 325 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1960

Top 20 records on 17 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1960	Valley Head, US	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 September 1960	Dunlap, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Decatur, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Midland Water Pollution Contro, CA	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Munfordville 5 NW, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Lynnville 4 SSW, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Bagepalli, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Apslawn, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Cranbrook (Cranbrook House), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Heathcote, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1960	Richmond, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 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

1796 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 385 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	969

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	224
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	3