Weather Records on 5 November 1960

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 November 1960. Highest significance: Kottaram, IN.

Key Facts for 5 November 1960

On 5 November 1960, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 250 daily.
Kottaram set a daily record precipitation of 194.4 mm (7.7 in) on 5 November 1960.
Across 157 earlier years (1801 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 5 November 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 November 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	194.4 mm (7.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Monica	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madurai	India	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Middlewater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kodumudi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angiola	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Duved	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alamo	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljusnedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tunhovd	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 5 November 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 17.

Records on 5 November 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 November 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 250.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

219 broken records

Margins by which the 219 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 November 1960

Top 20 records on 5 November 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 November 1960	Kottaram, IN	daily rain	194.4 mm (7.7 in)	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Lucan, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Ozena, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Tehachapi, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Santa Monica, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Ottapidaram, IN	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Idria, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Madurai, IN	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 November 1960	Nagarcoil, IN	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Ponnani, IN	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Hana 354, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Ben Lomond, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Ojai, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Hvar, HR	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	61 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Ft Valley, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	49 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 November 1960	Kodaikanal, IN	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	25 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

1801 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1960. 1960 had 254 records.

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

Records on 11-05 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1806	1
1834	1
1835	2
1842	1
1845	1
1848	2
1851	1
1857	1
1858	4
1862	3
1863	1
1867	1
1868	2
1872	1
1873	2
1877	2
1878	3
1880	2
1881	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	1
1887	2
1889	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	2
1896	6
1897	1
1898	2
1899	11
1900	4
1901	6
1902	3
1903	8
1904	6
1905	9
1906	16
1907	5
1908	17
1909	9
1910	62
1911	21
1912	55
1913	22
1914	29
1915	18
1916	69
1917	36
1918	32
1919	82
1920	72
1921	221
1922	88
1923	230
1924	301
1925	138
1926	122
1927	248
1928	128
1929	86
1930	162
1931	298
1932	316
1933	706
1934	479
1935	1,196
1936	453
1937	186
1938	720
1939	485
1940	239
1941	604
1942	446
1943	224
1944	357
1945	503
1946	615
1947	408
1948	1,330
1949	572
1950	610
1951	1,815
1952	404
1953	599
1954	611
1955	416
1956	820
1957	452
1958	171
1959	1,516
1960	254
1961	660
1962	343
1963	278
1964	317
1965	424
1966	580
1967	755
1968	298
1969	745
1970	639
1971	384
1972	480
1973	1,622
1974	423
1975	1,499
1976	835
1977	902
1978	799
1979	504
1980	1,033
1981	538
1982	991
1983	980
1984	528
1985	1,249
1986	693
1987	895
1988	1,275
1989	596
1990	1,286
1991	3,388
1992	1,316
1993	770
1994	1,864
1995	1,399
1996	1,380
1997	676
1998	792
1999	872
2000	1,108
2001	758
2002	1,303
2003	2,232
2004	909
2005	1,114
2006	1,258
2007	566
2008	1,326
2009	606
2010	1,454
2011	984
2012	812
2013	594
2014	510
2015	1,659
2016	755
2017	972
2018	426
2019	420
2020	1,419
2021	439
2022	1,029
2023	758
2024	1,118
2025	862

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	201
25 to 50	13
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1