Weather Records on 13 October 1960

383 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1960. Highest significance: Tipton, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1960

On 13 October 1960, 383 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 382 daily.
Tipton set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 13 October 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

383 stations

383 station records on 13 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludiksdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort C/K	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Korana "Xorana"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taldangra	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ibeka (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

383 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 13 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 13 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

306 broken records

Margins by which the 306 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1960

Top 20 records on 13 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1960	Tipton, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	121 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Adamshoop, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Cezu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Kojnas, RU	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Bhatagaon, IN	daily rain	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Katdoornput 29, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Philippolis (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Sveg, SE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Hebron, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Kareepoort, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Bulsfontein, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Lillydale, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Brandfort (Mag), ZA	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Geneva, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1960	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	6.4 C (43.5 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	72 years	35 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 383 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,413
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760
2026	776

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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	273
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1