Weather Records on 3 November 1960

239 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1960. Highest significance: Sriperumbudur, IN.

Key Facts for 3 November 1960

On 3 November 1960, 239 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 234 daily.
Sriperumbudur set a daily record precipitation of 202.0 mm (8.0 in) on 3 November 1960.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

239 stations

239 station records on 3 November 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lorraine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tada	India	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nabawa	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

239 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 3 November 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 3 November 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1960

Top 20 records on 3 November 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1960	Sriperumbudur, IN	daily rain	202.0 mm (8.0 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1960	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1960	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1960	Mercanam, IN	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1960	Susanville 2SW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1960	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Herefoss, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Madurantakam, IN	daily rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Halden, NO	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	East Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	4.9 cm (1.9 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Parli, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Lorraine, ZA	monthly rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Watertown, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	65 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Alta 1 NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Walebing, AU	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1960	Wandering Comparison, AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	42 years	26 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

1821 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1960. 1960 had 239 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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	187
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1