Weather Records on 11 November 1960

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 November 1960. Highest significance: Cowangie, AU.

Key Facts for 11 November 1960

On 11 November 1960, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 404 daily.
Cowangie set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 11 November 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1800 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 11 November 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 November 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nietverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Novo	India	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek-Rainhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kasargod	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Annuello	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rouxville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doringkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dwaleni	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupati	India	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakkireddipalam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mehama	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Botataboomen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 11 November 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 November 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 November 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 November 1960

Top 20 records on 11 November 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 November 1960	Cowangie, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Nietverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Pte de Chassiron, FR	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Genoa, IT	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Madras/Minambakkam, IN	daily rain	178.4 mm (7.0 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Porto Novo, IN	daily rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Donkerhoek-Rainhill, ZA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Kasargod, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Harur, IN	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Annuello, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 November 1960	Venkatagiri, IN	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Vanur, IN	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Rouxville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Scottsboro, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Kipawa Laniel, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Doringkuil, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 November 1960	Leeuwfontein, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	32 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

1800 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1960. 1960 had 404 records.

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

Records on 11-11 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1811	2
1813	1
1815	1
1835	1
1837	1
1846	1
1848	1
1849	1
1858	2
1864	2
1866	1
1868	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	2
1881	3
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	13
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	9
1900	6
1901	11
1902	1
1903	7
1904	13
1905	6
1906	9
1907	10
1908	12
1909	26
1910	31
1911	35
1912	17
1913	49
1914	54
1915	34
1916	72
1917	31
1918	25
1919	144
1920	118
1921	129
1922	25
1923	61
1924	343
1925	87
1926	368
1927	365
1928	88
1929	297
1930	202
1931	365
1932	252
1933	391
1934	216
1935	761
1936	479
1937	256
1938	250
1939	198
1940	873
1941	291
1942	235
1943	260
1944	333
1945	693
1946	811
1947	599
1948	305
1949	932
1950	1,035
1951	248
1952	356
1953	396
1954	543
1955	855
1956	587
1957	404
1958	206
1959	496
1960	404
1961	354
1962	324
1963	369
1964	782
1965	471
1966	769
1967	421
1968	737
1969	554
1970	1,330
1971	677
1972	423
1973	963
1974	540
1975	597
1976	644
1977	843
1978	1,558
1979	892
1980	854
1981	809
1982	1,507
1983	1,027
1984	742
1985	1,803
1986	2,470
1987	1,673
1988	685
1989	1,161
1990	1,012
1991	1,307
1992	1,418
1993	840
1994	734
1995	2,065
1996	1,159
1997	1,456
1998	1,442
1999	1,138
2000	1,623
2001	718
2002	1,553
2003	652
2004	1,069
2005	1,076
2006	1,228
2007	686
2008	950
2009	1,072
2010	1,110
2011	621
2012	1,455
2013	426
2014	828
2015	796
2016	766
2017	690
2018	967
2019	905
2020	1,558
2021	805
2022	1,583
2023	409
2024	487
2025	1,123

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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 20	275
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1