Weather Records on 10 October 1960

372 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 October 1960. Highest significance: Kalmar_D, SE.

Key Facts for 10 October 1960

On 10 October 1960, 372 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 364 daily.
Kalmar_D set a daily record precipitation of 26.5 mm (1.0 in) on 10 October 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

372 stations

372 station records on 10 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uran	India	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chicholi	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uitzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenland Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Deolapur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marinette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Trumbull	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Siljansfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haiwee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Squirrel Inn 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Table Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Caliente	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

372 records

Records set or tied on 10 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 10 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 10 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

304 broken records

Margins by which the 304 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 October 1960

Top 20 records on 10 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 October 1960	Kalmar_D, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1960	Gysinge, SE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 October 1960	Goldfield, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Gavle, SE	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Uran, IN	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Green Rvr, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Chicholi, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Caliente, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Escanaba, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Pioche, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Hiawatha, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Goldfield, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 October 1960	Hana 354, US	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1960	Alton, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1960	Panguitch, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1960	Pioche, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
10 October 1960	Lowestoft, GB	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	67 years	31 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 372 records.

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

Records on 10-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1802	2
1803	1
1809	1
1834	1
1839	1
1842	1
1850	2
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	3
1861	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	3
1875	2
1876	2
1878	2
1879	3
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	6
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	3
1897	6
1899	4
1900	6
1901	6
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	8
1906	46
1907	9
1908	14
1909	29
1910	27
1911	16
1912	25
1913	54
1914	36
1915	17
1916	34
1917	49
1918	8
1919	106
1920	41
1921	125
1922	48
1923	119
1924	90
1925	374
1926	146
1927	62
1928	434
1929	254
1930	362
1931	431
1932	292
1933	169
1934	510
1935	434
1936	354
1937	420
1938	427
1939	505
1940	176
1941	295
1942	265
1943	510
1944	159
1945	304
1946	479
1947	451
1948	327
1949	1,525
1950	569
1951	439
1952	473
1953	371
1954	471
1955	543
1956	616
1957	295
1958	847
1959	847
1960	372
1961	680
1962	495
1963	613
1964	749
1965	295
1966	378
1967	527
1968	269
1969	498
1970	1,047
1971	561
1972	732
1973	1,312
1974	379
1975	403
1976	1,008
1977	526
1978	401
1979	1,677
1980	505
1981	829
1982	1,274
1983	431
1984	566
1985	1,491
1986	828
1987	1,059
1988	613
1989	603
1990	1,498
1991	975
1992	627
1993	798
1994	626
1995	977
1996	993
1997	1,523
1998	630
1999	1,056
2000	2,722
2001	970
2002	793
2003	1,518
2004	544
2005	912
2006	785
2007	768
2008	896
2009	2,211
2010	1,017
2011	994
2012	462
2013	718
2014	649
2015	972
2016	371
2017	1,313
2018	1,780
2019	1,485
2020	756
2021	762
2022	326
2023	651
2024	916
2025	734
2026	583

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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	283
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1