Weather Records on 23 September 1960

470 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 September 1960. Highest significance: Fellsmere 7 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 23 September 1960

On 23 September 1960, 470 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 470 daily.
Fellsmere 7 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 136.1 mm (5.4 in) on 23 September 1960.
Across 169 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

470 stations

470 station records on 23 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Council Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porter 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rajampet	India	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narooma Rvcp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bangate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Palm Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minneola	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellapur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Attingal	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vaduj	India	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvarur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

470 records

Records set or tied on 23 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 296.

Records on 23 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 September 1960

Top 20 records on 23 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 September 1960	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Hugoton, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Spearman, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Liberal, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Jetmore, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Council Grove, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Beaver, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Perryton, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Plains, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Porter 2 E, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Rajampet, IN	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Homestead Exp STN, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Canadian, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Hooker, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Narooma Rvcp, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 September 1960	Kasargod, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	37 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 470 records.

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

Records on 09-23 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1799	1
1804	1
1832	1
1835	1
1838	1
1842	3
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	2
1854	3
1855	1
1859	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1881	4
1882	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	4
1895	9
1896	5
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	2
1902	6
1903	7
1904	19
1905	6
1906	6
1907	19
1908	19
1909	15
1910	8
1911	11
1912	15
1913	22
1914	29
1915	25
1916	324
1917	56
1918	34
1919	40
1920	44
1921	47
1922	34
1923	74
1924	194
1925	223
1926	459
1927	247
1928	382
1929	198
1930	472
1931	600
1932	383
1933	281
1934	361
1935	239
1936	377
1937	557
1938	389
1939	279
1940	374
1941	490
1942	557
1943	322
1944	381
1945	652
1946	623
1947	803
1948	259
1949	496
1950	267
1951	462
1952	432
1953	271
1954	324
1955	852
1956	299
1957	539
1958	641
1959	307
1960	470
1961	670
1962	344
1963	568
1964	322
1965	783
1966	528
1967	341
1968	481
1969	450
1970	1,457
1971	578
1972	461
1973	674
1974	1,543
1975	1,038
1976	463
1977	616
1978	500
1979	586
1980	1,037
1981	717
1982	775
1983	1,744
1984	1,121
1985	924
1986	740
1987	1,077
1988	653
1989	1,376
1990	702
1991	519
1992	976
1993	983
1994	1,140
1995	1,868
1996	809
1997	1,060
1998	1,326
1999	1,207
2000	2,026
2001	790
2002	930
2003	1,243
2004	986
2005	1,207
2006	1,509
2007	1,153
2008	835
2009	1,201
2010	1,360
2011	666
2012	785
2013	573
2014	595
2015	587
2016	774
2017	1,371
2018	693
2019	565
2020	618
2021	602
2022	551
2023	812
2024	499
2025	449
2026	384

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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	387
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1