Weather Records on 5 October 1960

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 October 1960. Highest significance: Etawah, IN.

Key Facts for 5 October 1960

On 5 October 1960, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 280 daily.
Etawah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 239.0 mm (9.4 in) on 5 October 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

290 stations

290 station records on 5 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moth	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faridpur	India	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morena	India	Record daily precipitation	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	193.1 mm (7.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	119.7 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhikapur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nowgong	India	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bareilly Sadar	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnaur	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jind	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilhar	India	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeli	India	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandia Nallah	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sambhal	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Puranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zaaiplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atrauli	India	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rath	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bilari	India	Record daily precipitation	97.6 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahad	India	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karnal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salwani(Silvani)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 5 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 170, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 280.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 169.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 October 1960

Top 20 records on 5 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 October 1960	Etawah, IN	monthly rain	239.0 mm (9.4 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 October 1960	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Mehgaon, IN	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Moth, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Faridpur, IN	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Kunch, IN	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Morena, IN	daily rain	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Bareilly, IN	monthly rain	193.1 mm (7.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Kasganj, IN	daily rain	119.7 mm (4.7 in)	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Bhikapur, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Sikandra Rao, IN	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Budaun, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Bah, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Coranderrk Badger Weir, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Amarante, BR	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Nowgong, IN	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Bareilly Sadar, IN	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Gunnaur, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Jind, IN	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 October 1960	Karhal, IN	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	34 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

1795 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 290 records.

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

Records on 10-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1811	1
1843	1
1844	1
1848	1
1849	1
1852	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	7
1867	2
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	6
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	4
1900	6
1901	10
1902	11
1903	10
1904	19
1905	11
1906	19
1907	13
1908	17
1909	30
1910	43
1911	10
1912	92
1913	25
1914	13
1915	25
1916	124
1917	314
1918	35
1919	42
1920	89
1921	33
1922	81
1923	87
1924	139
1925	140
1926	155
1927	79
1928	202
1929	242
1930	285
1931	284
1932	768
1933	257
1934	237
1935	910
1936	219
1937	491
1938	375
1939	269
1940	185
1941	1,072
1942	206
1943	404
1944	329
1945	234
1946	643
1947	746
1948	491
1949	562
1950	466
1951	541
1952	1,027
1953	261
1954	834
1955	771
1956	452
1957	520
1958	450
1959	629
1960	290
1961	493
1962	456
1963	605
1964	737
1965	1,160
1966	390
1967	290
1968	670
1969	603
1970	458
1971	377
1972	636
1973	335
1974	973
1975	566
1976	819
1977	382
1978	438
1979	920
1980	1,002
1981	642
1982	524
1983	1,037
1984	646
1985	781
1986	875
1987	1,081
1988	958
1989	465
1990	736
1991	1,005
1992	776
1993	1,024
1994	1,205
1995	1,705
1996	931
1997	814
1998	1,596
1999	1,276
2000	1,147
2001	771
2002	1,026
2003	636
2004	770
2005	2,003
2006	930
2007	1,609
2008	942
2009	1,756
2010	1,114
2011	1,383
2012	913
2013	1,106
2014	648
2015	644
2016	565
2017	560
2018	1,004
2019	672
2020	997
2021	887
2022	752
2023	780
2024	996
2025	716
2026	1,233

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Data for records on 1960-10-05: 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	180
25 to 50	32
50 to 75	14
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1