Weather Records on 1 October 1960

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 October 1960. Highest significance: Mayneside, AU.

Key Facts for 1 October 1960

On 1 October 1960, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 136 daily.
Mayneside set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 1 October 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1813 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 1 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mayneside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Channagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wandiwash	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stephens Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatna	India	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alamur(Alamar)	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Race (Aut)	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armori	India	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Muhammadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 1 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 63.

Records on 1 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

107 broken records

Margins by which the 107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 October 1960

Top 20 records on 1 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 October 1960	Mayneside, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Hariharganj, IN	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Bikin, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 October 1960	Omalur, IN	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Ely AP, US	monthly high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Channagiri, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Jonkoping, SE	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Hiriyur, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	57 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Kesiary Kaltikri, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Yakutat AP, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Verhojansk, RU	daily low max	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Moore Haven Lock 1, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 October 1960	Olaa 92, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	23 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

1813 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1813 to 1960. 1960 had 143 records.

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

Records on 10-01 in each year
Year	Records
1813	1
1814	1
1817	1
1819	1
1820	2
1823	1
1828	1
1845	1
1847	2
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	4
1876	1
1877	3
1879	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1893	9
1894	4
1895	1
1897	7
1898	1
1899	16
1900	2
1901	4
1902	16
1903	9
1904	8
1905	8
1906	11
1907	11
1908	20
1909	14
1910	12
1911	34
1912	37
1913	20
1914	28
1915	65
1916	105
1917	52
1918	20
1919	25
1920	98
1921	129
1922	160
1923	158
1924	86
1925	135
1926	181
1927	754
1928	129
1929	158
1930	106
1931	237
1932	220
1933	519
1934	188
1935	201
1936	388
1937	453
1938	284
1939	283
1940	207
1941	425
1942	290
1943	324
1944	583
1945	677
1946	486
1947	867
1948	271
1949	254
1950	1,019
1951	521
1952	712
1953	656
1954	976
1955	280
1956	260
1957	646
1958	1,050
1959	1,306
1960	143
1961	566
1962	376
1963	598
1964	312
1965	521
1966	646
1967	437
1968	426
1969	454
1970	275
1971	1,449
1972	625
1973	418
1974	1,104
1975	561
1976	854
1977	1,097
1978	492
1979	488
1980	600
1981	785
1982	733
1983	783
1984	1,266
1985	1,621
1986	1,476
1987	648
1988	502
1989	739
1990	612
1991	1,020
1992	1,392
1993	1,042
1994	580
1995	746
1996	1,007
1997	1,080
1998	1,345
1999	1,096
2000	1,006
2001	924
2002	951
2003	1,198
2004	826
2005	902
2006	806
2007	726
2008	573
2009	1,051
2010	1,093
2011	1,324
2012	647
2013	515
2014	397
2015	729
2016	473
2017	472
2018	694
2019	2,439
2020	566
2021	753
2022	609
2023	1,173
2024	751
2025	384
2026	553

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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	98
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1