Weather Records on 29 September 1960

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1960. Highest significance: Gudiyatham, IN.

Key Facts for 29 September 1960

On 29 September 1960, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 138 daily.
Gudiyatham set a monthly record daily precipitation of 144.4 mm (5.7 in) on 29 September 1960.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 29 September 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nargund	India	Record daily precipitation	139.9 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagod	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koppa(Balgadi)	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kalimpong Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balkapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Polur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gariabund	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamshedpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juazeiro (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gudivada	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Janwada	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Supa	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Key 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kawailoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 77.

Records on 29 September 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 September 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 138.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

112 broken records

Margins by which the 112 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1960

Top 20 records on 29 September 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1960	Gudiyatham, IN	monthly rain	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Nargund, IN	monthly rain	139.9 mm (5.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Badami, IN	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Mundagod, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Machilipatnam, IN	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Navalgund, IN	all-time rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Koppa(Balgadi), IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Kalimpong Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Minden, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Balkapur, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1960	Khanpur, IN	monthly rain	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Blair, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Newport, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Chittoor, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	63 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Ft Valley 2 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 September 1960	Rockwood, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	63 years	27 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

1836 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1960. 1960 had 143 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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Data for records on 1960-09-29: 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	97
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1