Weather Records on 26 September 1960

555 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 September 1960. Highest significance: Naracoorte, AU.

Key Facts for 26 September 1960

On 26 September 1960, 555 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 527 daily.
Naracoorte set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 26 September 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

555 stations

555 station records on 26 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corowa Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pura Pura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

555 records

Records set or tied on 26 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 417.

Records on 26 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	417
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 26 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

495 broken records

Margins by which the 495 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 September 1960

Top 20 records on 26 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 September 1960	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Nagambie Cba, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Fryerstown, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Wallendbeen (Corang), AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Corryong (Parish Lane), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Yackandandah, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Dartmoor, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Trawalla, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Kharagpur, IN	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Woomargama Estate, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Corowa Airport, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	The Rock Post Office, AU	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 September 1960	Castlemaine Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Beaufort, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Bainbridge, US	monthly rain	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Burrowye, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 September 1960	Oatlands (Bow Hill), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 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

1812 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1960. 1960 had 555 records.

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

Records on 09-26 in each year
Year	Records
1812	2
1816	1
1825	2
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	1
1852	1
1855	2
1858	1
1859	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	2
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	3
1879	2
1880	1
1881	7
1882	1
1885	6
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	4
1895	8
1896	4
1897	1
1898	2
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	8
1903	11
1904	9
1905	20
1906	11
1907	9
1908	31
1909	14
1910	11
1911	19
1912	29
1913	29
1914	24
1915	71
1916	111
1917	49
1918	34
1919	39
1920	66
1921	33
1922	277
1923	89
1924	148
1925	162
1926	658
1927	233
1928	427
1929	183
1930	382
1931	437
1932	183
1933	554
1934	415
1935	248
1936	337
1937	175
1938	429
1939	514
1940	634
1941	233
1942	752
1943	526
1944	243
1945	470
1946	285
1947	630
1948	554
1949	430
1950	526
1951	540
1952	572
1953	364
1954	471
1955	304
1956	701
1957	510
1958	493
1959	505
1960	555
1961	472
1962	401
1963	629
1964	570
1965	710
1966	480
1967	411
1968	311
1969	187
1970	721
1971	649
1972	984
1973	927
1974	854
1975	1,215
1976	692
1977	943
1978	469
1979	566
1980	709
1981	559
1982	1,042
1983	565
1984	1,256
1985	470
1986	1,892
1987	911
1988	445
1989	1,008
1990	618
1991	1,110
1992	725
1993	814
1994	548
1995	836
1996	807
1997	943
1998	1,505
1999	869
2000	1,440
2001	1,354
2002	861
2003	739
2004	507
2005	1,541
2006	620
2007	970
2008	896
2009	1,063
2010	1,063
2011	988
2012	538
2013	774
2014	800
2015	815
2016	660
2017	1,045
2018	747
2019	561
2020	1,170
2021	494
2022	533
2023	543
2024	1,196
2025	435
2026	393

Download the Data

Data for records on 1960-09-26: 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 25	435
25 to 50	47
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1