Weather Records on 11 October 1960

333 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1960. Highest significance: Oudenbosch, NL.

Key Facts for 11 October 1960

On 11 October 1960, 333 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 323 daily.
Oudenbosch set a daily record precipitation of 31.8 mm (1.3 in) on 11 October 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

333 stations

333 station records on 11 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
North Fork Mntc STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arnhem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nietverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keble	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lavers Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shahada	India	Record daily precipitation	130.5 mm (5.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chopda	India	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagoner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bichhia	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indiga	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

333 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 11 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 11 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 323.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

273 broken records

Margins by which the 273 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1960

Top 20 records on 11 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1960	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1960	Debrecen Airport, HU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
11 October 1960	North Fork Mntc STN, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Kleve, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Mallow, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Palermo, IT	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Arnhem, NL	monthly rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Roermond, NL	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Esengyly, TM	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Nietverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	12.1 cm (4.8 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Husum, DE	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Hughenden, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Keble, ZA	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Mina, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1960	Jalna, IN	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	45 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

1793 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1960. 1960 had 333 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	254
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1