Weather Records on 22 October 1960

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1960. Highest significance: Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1960

On 22 October 1960, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 375 daily.
Sydney (Observatory Hill) set a daily record precipitation of 140.7 mm (5.5 in) on 22 October 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 22 October 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wollstonecraft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cromer Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hornsby (Pretoria Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolabunia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nudley State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eastwood Cocos Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseville Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Giligulgul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Googa Googa Crk Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Courtenay Puntledge Bchp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 22 October 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 22 October 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

329 broken records

Margins by which the 329 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1960

Top 20 records on 22 October 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1960	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1960	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1960	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1960	Wollstonecraft, AU	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1960	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1960	Cromer Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Mosman Water Supply, AU	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Manly Town Hall, AU	monthly rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Taabinga, AU	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Goodger Store, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Hornsby (Pretoria Parade), AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Doctors Creek, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Coolabunia, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Alert Bay, CA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1960	Nudley State Forest, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	44 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 393 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	272
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3