Weather Records on 9 October 1960

397 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1960. Highest significance: Lees Ferry, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1960

On 9 October 1960, 397 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 394 daily.
Lees Ferry set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 9 October 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

397 stations

397 station records on 9 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lees Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tierhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Apache Powder Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dandridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown Dam 49	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlap	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dahanu	India	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barerakalan	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patagonia #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael Rch Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cibecue	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mahim	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

397 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1960

Top 20 records on 9 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1960	Lees Ferry, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Emery, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Tropic, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Duchesne, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Bombay (Colaba) Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Bright Angel Rs, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Bridger 2 N, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Alpine, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Tierhoek, ZA	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Elgin 5 N, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Apache Powder Company, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Castle Dale, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Dandridge, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Uniontown Dam 49, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Dunlap, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Williams, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1960	Hiawatha, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	36 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 397 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 25	307
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1