Weather Records on 16 October 1960

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 October 1960. Highest significance: Metten, DE.

Key Facts for 16 October 1960

On 16 October 1960, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 531 daily.
Metten set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 16 October 1960.
Across 163 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 16 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Seguin	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Throckmorton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pablillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	159.8 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellwangen-Rindelbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jewett Work Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiknayakanihall	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 16 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 134, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 16 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	134
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 16 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 531.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 October 1960

Top 20 records on 16 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 October 1960	Metten, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 October 1960	Weimar, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Woodsboro, US	monthly rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Red Rvr, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Seguin, US	daily rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Mayhill Rs, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Dawson, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	North Lake, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Throckmorton, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Newkirk, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Ignacio 1 N, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Dimmitt 6 E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 October 1960	Kunzelsau, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	40 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

1796 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 540 records.

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

Records on 10-16 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1810	1
1811	3
1817	1
1826	1
1830	1
1836	2
1838	1
1839	1
1856	1
1859	2
1862	2
1865	2
1870	3
1873	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	2
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	3
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	6
1893	12
1894	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	9
1898	4
1899	8
1901	4
1902	7
1903	6
1904	7
1905	16
1906	3
1907	6
1908	49
1909	20
1910	10
1911	18
1912	16
1913	25
1914	52
1915	17
1916	28
1917	19
1918	25
1919	58
1920	44
1921	54
1922	57
1923	84
1924	81
1925	304
1926	180
1927	122
1928	543
1929	118
1930	312
1931	515
1932	379
1933	218
1934	712
1935	395
1936	244
1937	1,200
1938	606
1939	494
1940	531
1941	220
1942	426
1943	1,233
1944	609
1945	414
1946	398
1947	865
1948	279
1949	378
1950	344
1951	266
1952	698
1953	508
1954	1,068
1955	427
1956	620
1957	354
1958	494
1959	319
1960	540
1961	790
1962	504
1963	464
1964	513
1965	498
1966	669
1967	516
1968	987
1969	845
1970	789
1971	979
1972	464
1973	539
1974	1,061
1975	487
1976	1,053
1977	549
1978	822
1979	580
1980	1,383
1981	897
1982	430
1983	432
1984	1,507
1985	672
1986	450
1987	1,259
1988	703
1989	820
1990	890
1991	1,543
1992	1,646
1993	999
1994	1,176
1995	1,061
1996	585
1997	939
1998	934
1999	705
2000	519
2001	754
2002	1,079
2003	530
2004	687
2005	684
2006	1,330
2007	645
2008	778
2009	1,931
2010	1,049
2011	816
2012	728
2013	546
2014	695
2015	1,142
2016	1,063
2017	1,014
2018	1,558
2019	463
2020	484
2021	541
2022	676
2023	608
2024	721
2025	559

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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 50	444
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1