Weather Records on 22 September 1960

360 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1960. Highest significance: Narraport, AU.

Key Facts for 22 September 1960

On 22 September 1960, 360 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 357 daily.
Narraport set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 22 September 1960.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 429 records.

Record Map

360 stations

360 station records on 22 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narraport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dontsa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bantwal	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bele (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hassan Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paca-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

360 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 357.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

294 broken records

Margins by which the 294 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1960

Top 20 records on 22 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1960	Narraport, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1960	Birchip Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Mvenyane, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Krishnarajnagar, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Dontsa, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Cedar Falls, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1960	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	South Pass City, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Puttur, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Rifle, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Dubois, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Malakwa Eagle R Hatchery, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1960	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily high min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 360 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	276
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1